Latest Tynwald Podcast Episodes
Agenda 23.1.23 - Dr Roger Barker explains how business needs to do more to help address Climate Change and Biodiversity loss.
Agenda - Manx Radio - January 22, 2023 17:01 - 24 minutesDr Roger Barker is the Institute of Directors’ London-based Director of Policy and Corporate Governance and a former investment banker so why has he been asked to give a talk for Biosphere Isle of Man? Are we finally acknowledging that climate change, mass extinctions and loss of habitat is conn...
Agenda 16.1.23 - Paul Craine MLC explains his concern over the 2022 IoM weather statistics.
Agenda - Manx Radio - January 16, 2023 13:47 - 24 minutesLast year the Isle of Man was warmer and sunnier than it has been since records began so why is Paul Craine MLC so worried? 2022 had 3 times more thunder storm than usual but slightly less rain, so we’re more likely to get flooding when it does rain, and only one of the past 25 years has been co...
Agenda 9.1.23 - Diane Kelsey MLC - everything you ever wanted to know about one of our newest Tynwald members but didn’t like to ask.
Agenda - Manx Radio - January 06, 2023 15:54 - 24 minutesAt its sitting on 14th March 2023 the House of Keys will elect four Members of the Legislative Council. MHKs will want to elect the best people for the job, although it is not always clear what that job entails. Following the 2021 general election two legislative council seats became available a...
AGENDA 26th Dec 22
Agenda - Manx Radio - December 26, 2022 17:00 - 52 minutesAn hour long irreverent look back over the year just gone and the year to come with Sam Turton, Paul Moulton, Bernard Moffatt and me Phil Gawne. Will a great light been shone in the darkness? I wouldn’t get your hopes up.
Agenda 19.12.22 - Meat Plant, Laxey Glen Mills and biodiversity crisis.
Agenda - Manx Radio - December 18, 2022 16:20 - 24 minutesLast week Rob Mercer MLC called on Tynwald to reaffirms its opinion that the Meat Plant is a significant strategic asset for the Isle of Man which has been severely affected by a number of changes in agricultural policies and external legislative pressures over the last 15 years. At the same sit...
Agenda 12.12.22 - Assisted Dying - Should you have the right to decide how and when you die, or is the sanctity of life not something politicians should be interfering with?
Agenda - Manx Radio - December 12, 2022 23:25 - 24 minutesAt the sitting of the House of Keys on 14th June 2022 Dr Alex Allinson, MHK for Ramsey was given leave to introduce a Private Member’s Bill which would “enable adults who are terminally ill to be provided at their request with specified assistance to end their own life”. A public consultation ha...
Agenda 5.12.22 Some of the most difficult decisions we ever have to make affect our loved ones as they approach the end of their lives so will the Capacity Bill help or hinder?
Agenda - Manx Radio - December 04, 2022 18:24 - 24 minutesThere is currently no statutory framework to assist where adults either cannot communicate decisions or are unable to make decisions for themselves, but all that is about to change. Last Tuesday the Capacity Bill 2022 received its final reading in Legislative Council and returns to Keys this wee...
AGENDA 28th Nov 22
Agenda - Manx Radio - November 27, 2022 17:06 - 24 minutesThe saying goes, “there’s lies, dang lies and statistics” but Agenda this week is speaking to three people who beg to differ. Treasury Minister Alex Allinson and Jonny Platten, Head of Economic Advisory, tell us about the new Isle of Man Government dashboard and why it's important. Also, Kelvin ...
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Agenda - Manx Radio - November 22, 2022 09:23 - 25 minutesPhil Gawne challenges Courtenay Heading on his views and opinions surrounding vaccination and Covid.
Agenda 21st Nov 22
Agenda - Manx Radio - November 21, 2022 12:32 - 24 minutesTucked away in the December Tynwald business is an apparently modest and unassuming item which seeks to allow far greater access to the Isle of Man’s beneficial ownership register, and yet this is a significant step in removing the secrecy jurisdiction label through which the Isle of Man’s inter...
AGENDA 31st Oct 22
Agenda - Manx Radio - November 20, 2022 15:15 - 24 minutesThe Clerk of Tynwald’s Office is calling for interested parties to apply for a new role - the Tynwald Auditor General. The estimated budget for the appointment and their associated office is around £400,000 so how can this be justified at a time of financial constraint. Speaker of the House of K...
AGENDA 7th NOV 22
Agenda - Manx Radio - November 07, 2022 15:54 - 24 minutesA Wall Street Journal article recently accused Isle of Man firms of helping Russian oligarchs to hide their wealth from sanctions. In this episode of Agenda, Lewis Foster turns to the company in the centre of the article - Bridgewaters - as he speaks with Managing Director Mark Veale
AGENDA 24th Oct
Agenda - Manx Radio - October 16, 2022 14:38 - 24 minutesThe 2022 Farm Conservation Challenge and Chough Awards had dozens of entries and celebrate the strong role farmers play in protecting and encouraging the Isle of Man’s rich biodiversity. Organised by the Isle of Man Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group the awards celebrate our farming community a...
Agenda 17.10.22 - Jason Moorhouse MHK talks about big national topics like housing, cost of living crises and an all-Island rate.
Agenda - Manx Radio - October 14, 2022 16:34 - 24 minutesJason Moorhouse, MHK for Arbory, Castletown and Malew finds himself as wholly detached from any government responsibility, leaving him free to grill Ministers on all areas of policy and delivery. His approach has been criticised for being too focussed on local, constituency matters but on Agenda...
Agenda 10.10.22 - Liberal Vannin’s Peter Karran for changes to the IoM Pension supplement, broadening the 5% VAT rate, and raises concerns over human rights.
Agenda - Manx Radio - October 09, 2022 16:06 - 24 minutesA blast from the past on Agenda this week with Liberal Vannin founder and spokesperson Peter Karran who has raised a number of topical items in recent months. Peter calls for changes to the IoM Pension supplement, broadening the 5% VAT rate, and raises concerns over human rights.
Agenda 3.10.22 - the fourth UNESCO Biosphere Isle of Man Awards - ‘Working Together for a Sustainable Future’
Agenda - Manx Radio - October 03, 2022 16:35 - 24 minutesOrganisations contributing to a more sustainable Isle of Man were recognised last week at the fourth UNESCO Biosphere Isle of Man Awards. The awards celebrate those contributing to the Man and the Biosphere Programme’s global aims of sustainable development, conservation and education and are or...
Agenda 26.9.22 - government’s economic strategy, the inaugural government conference and how the House of Keys has fared since election 2021.
Agenda - Manx Radio - September 24, 2022 13:42 - 24 minutesEverything you ever wanted to know about the government’s economic strategy, the inaugural government conference and how the House of Keys has fared during the 12 months since the election. Does the government have a bold an exciting vision set to change our lives for the better or is it just th...
Agenda 12.9.22 - Constitutional Monarchy and Honours
Agenda - Manx Radio - September 11, 2022 16:35 - 24 minutesOur constitutional monarchy and receiving an honour - Agenda revisits part of a program first broadcast earlier this summer.
Agenda 5.9.22 - Simon Pickering Head of Insurance and Pensions at Finance Isle of Man reveals a whole new realm to those of us who are largely unfamiliar with the world of high finance.
Agenda - Manx Radio - September 02, 2022 18:06 - 24 minutesOn this episode of Agenda Simon Pickering Head of Insurance and Pensions at Finance Isle of Man reveals a whole new realm to those of us who are largely unfamiliar with the world of high finance, but this is such an important sector in providing nearly half the income on which government relies ...
Agenda 22.8.22 - Chief Constable Gary Roberts talks about the changing nature of policing in the Isle of Man.
Agenda - Manx Radio - August 22, 2022 16:30 - 24 minutesChief Constable Gary Roberts has been in post for over a decade but will be stepping back from the role at the end of the year. He talks about the changing nature of policing in the Isle of Man and the vast range of issues covered from petty crime to international money laundering. Financial pre...
Agenda 15th August 22
Agenda - Manx Radio - August 15, 2022 16:30 - 24 minutesThe Treasury Minister has had a lot to deal with since taking over from David Ashford three months ago. A flurry of announcements this week demonstrated an understanding of the significant financial difficulties many of us are facing, and short term fixes have been delivered - but are these sust...
Agenda 25th July 22 Special
Agenda - Manx Radio - July 25, 2022 16:50 - 50 minutesIn this extended Agenda the Chief Minister Alf Cannan MHK explains in some depth his government’s thinking in developing this bold ambition. Is his government all spin and glitzy brochures or is there real substance to what he says? Whatever you think you really should take the opportunity to e...
Agenda 18.7.22 - Lawrie Hooper MHK &Tynwald Petitioner Alison Ritchie consider the health and social care complaints regulations.
Agenda - Manx Radio - July 18, 2022 17:30 - 31 minutesOn Agenda this week Health Minister Lawrie Hooper MHK and Tynwald Petitioner Alison Ritchie consider the health and social care complaints regulations due to be considered this week in Tynwald. In previous debates on this topic have described the process of getting your complaint heard as a burea...
Agenda 18th July 22
Agenda - Manx Radio - July 18, 2022 16:30 - 31 minutesOn Agenda this week Health Minister Lawrie Hooper MHK and Tynwald Petitioner Alison Ritchie consider the health and social care complaints regulations due to be considered this week in Tynwald. In previous debates on this topic have described the process of getting your complaint heard as a bure...
Agenda 11th July 22 - extended podcast
Agenda - Manx Radio - July 11, 2022 16:30 - 37 minutesLast week the Isle of Man welcomed delegates from around the world to the Small Countries Financial Management Programme. Twenty two officials representing finance ministries, central banks and regulatory bodies came to the Island from as far afield as the Caribbean, Pacific, Indian Ocean and Af...
Agenda 4th July 2022
Agenda - Manx Radio - July 04, 2022 16:30 - 24 minutesWhat is the significance of the outdoor sitting of Tynwald, what’s actually involved in the ceremony and is there any chance we’ll resurrect settling disputes with sword fights? Will you be going to the Tynwald fair? Is it just a good excuse for tea, cakes and a bit of a yarn or does this thousa...
AGENDA 27th June 22
Agenda - Manx Radio - June 27, 2022 16:30 - 24 minutesFed up with the inefficiencies of government? Think the planning system is too restrictive? Or maybe not restrictive enough? Well, this week’s Agenda might well have the answer for you. Clerk of Tynwald, Jonathan King talks us through how to present a petition to Tynwald. We also hear from campa...
Agenda 13.6.22 - David Ashford - life after Ministerial politics
Agenda - Manx Radio - June 13, 2022 17:30 - 32 minutesIt is said that the higher you climb, the harder the fall. We speak to a politician who still bears the political bruises of his rather dramatic departure from office just three weeks ago. David Ashford MHK had a meteoric political rise to some of the most senior political roles in Manx politics....
AGENDA 13th June 22
Agenda - Manx Radio - June 13, 2022 16:30 - 32 minutesIt is said that the higher you climb, the harder the fall. On Agenda tonight we speak to a politician who still bears the political bruises of his rather dramatic departure from office just three weeks ago. David Ashford MHK had a meteoric political rise to some of the most senior political role...
AGENDA 6th JUNE 2022
Agenda - Manx Radio - June 06, 2022 16:30 - 24 minutesIs enough being done for our footpaths, glens and heritage attractions. We consider an MLC’s bid to improve government support and protection of our built heritage. We hear from Marlene Maska MLC - that rare thing a politician who knows what she’s talking about - and Daphne Caine MHK a strong ch...
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