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Island to join UK suggestion 'bizarre'

Former Minister's view on MLC's suggestion

A suggestion that the Isle of Man could do better by ceding its independence has been rubbished by a nationalist former minister.

MLC Juan Turner put forward the idea in a post on social media this week.

He claims making the Island a constituency of Westminster could give us access to UK Government grants, whilst allowing us to 'maintain control' of our finances.

The Isle of Man has been a self-governing Crown Dependency since the eighteenth century.

But Mr Turner's former colleague Phil Gawne says our position makes us richer:

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