PanicInTheStreets

@MickMills @LawrieHooper @Gedpower To fix the issue something has to break. Having said that, I don’t own any investment property and therefore it’s easy to punt stupid suggestions. We have to accept the boat has sailed a long time ago on this topic.

@PanicInTS @LawrieHooper @Gedpower That should make sure the IOM rental market is completely screwed iea.org.uk/media/rent-con…

Checking out MHK’s declarations to stand this September. None of them appear serious on how to create extra £100m per year revenue or ACTUAL solutions for the housing crisis.

@MickMills @LawrieHooper @Gedpower Maybe combined with rent controls?

@PanicInTS @LawrieHooper @Gedpower = doubling of rent #maths101 🙃

@LawrieHooper @Gedpower 50% tax on rental income

@Gedpower Liberal Vannin policy is to invest £100m into building public sector housing, which will let us broaden the access criteria, relieving pressure on public sector lists and the private rental market

@IOMVote2026 Protect and Survive

FFS this is genuinely pathetic. What are we preparing for nuclear war?

@IOMGovernment What about lights? Plenty of cars on the road with only one headlight working.

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@MartinG58137468 @ManxRadio There was a lot of wind in the radio interview.

@ManxRadio Is that wind powered AI?

The Isle of Man Government has launched a National AI Office (NAIO). It is backed by £1 million in public funding, to coordinate how artificial intelligence is developed and used across the Island. #IoM #News #manxradio manxradio.com/news/isle-of-m…

@LawrieHooper Totally insane.

This is an insane amount of money for what is essentially a rebranding and pulling together of existing operations

@LawrieHooper I just can’t see the purpose or value of DfE getting involved in matters like AI. I just don’t understand or follow what the aim is. The technology is developing so quickly, how is sleepy government ever going to keep up?

Good questions to ask!

@LawrieHooper @Derek_Flint1 @PaulWeatherall What is happening?

@Derek_Flint1 @PaulWeatherall Also a good question! There appears to be a gap between what the Chief Minister announced and what is actually being done on the ground (what he announced was odd, what’s happening makes more sense)

@LawrieHooper Really?

Sadly the committee report is just soundbites and headlines, there’s nothing of substance in it A cynic would say it’s just political grandstanding in an election year

@LawrieHooper The only certainty is that businesses will be putting prices up and lower earners near the min wage level will be asking for large pay increases as well.

Ms Edge voted against both my two previous attempts to bring in the minimum wage rise in two phases As well as voting to support the methodology tying the rise to median earnings which has led to this in the first place 🤦‍♂️

@Simon369456 @Elaineh26823408 @MickMills @3FMradio Or multigenerational living. Sadly expectations need to change one way or another but at the moment no-one seems willing to give.

@PanicInTS @Elaineh26823408 @MickMills @3FMradio Or stop importing fresh demand...

Deposits are biggest barrier to getting on property ladder three.fm/news/isle-of-m…

@Elaineh26823408 @MickMills @3FMradio Need to crash the housing market to reset it. It will never resolve itself otherwise. 90% tax on rental income, increase supply through sales, price falls, then people can buy. Those already in the market will have to share the pain to fix the problem.

@MickMills @3FMradio People are paying more in rent than they would be a mortgage .

@EnergyFMNews @IOMVote2026 Yet we have the complete mess that is the Love Manx Christmas Ad 2025. What is that all about?

My latest opinion piece is long winded, arguably depressing, and no doubt some people will object and miss the point, but it is the reality of the cost of business. #isleofman manx.news/charlies-angle…

@IOMVote2026 @VOTEJulieEdge @LawrieHooper I am sure this has been a deliberate misrepresentation of the numbers. They have been wilfully blind to this issue.

@PanicInTS @VOTEJulieEdge @LawrieHooper Government has a real problem with accurate data. The Job Centre staff are basically admitting that they lack the basic competency to even make sure that the jobs they list actually exist and aren't duplicates or triplicates of jobs people have already applied for.

They could just put more stringent requirements in - like the employer name and salary levels for starters! This is more ‘we don’t want to fix it’ as opposed to being something they couldn’t fix

@VOTEJulieEdge @LawrieHooper If basic statistics like this can’t be reported correctly, what hope is there with anything else? It’s simply not acceptable and has been incorrectly reported for years.

@LawrieHooper Is it also skewing job vacancy figures!

@IOMVote2026 @EnergyFMNews He really kept to his 2016 manifesto aims.

@EnergyFMNews His CV has “meat plant” written all over it! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Shim… #IOM2026

The role was not advertised publicly, as DEFA, in consultation with Treasury, identified a suitable candidate in Bill Shimmins. #isleofman manx.news/ex-mhk-directl…

@IOMGovernment What actual savings have the 35 completed projects realised?

There are 180 projects related to the programme, with 145 in progress and 35 completed, and we have identified £11.8m of potential benefits, with work ongoing to deliver simpler, faster, more cost-effective services for the community. Full report here: tinyurl.com/bdhhkewb

The second quarterly report from the Efficiencies and Change Programme has been published and demonstrates our commitment to continuing work at pace towards the ambition of generating £50m+ in savings and efficiencies in the next five years.

@MickMills @IOMGovernment Garbage in, garbage out….

@IOMGovernment “350 civil servants have a Copilot license" 😳 #Embarassing

@IOMVote2026 They have all promised change over the years and then get dragged into the machine. This is why I can’t see anything changing without radical reform.

@PanicInTS Vote for candidates that want & promise change. Not the same old rubbish.

Reading online reports the industry is getting very very angry with the lack of performance of government officers in this case. Hopefully this sets a tone for the next election. The people have had enough paying the salaries for a government that holds them in contempt #IOM2026