Leader of the Liberal Vannin party is encouraging people to join a political party
A Ramsey MHK has resigned from his departmental posts following this week's cabinet reshuffle by Chief Minister Alfred Cannan.
Lawrie Hooper says he stepped away from both the Department of Infrastructure and the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture on Monday (19 January).
He believes 'government has now become about doing what is expedient for the few, what is convenient for ministers and not what is right for the Island'.
In a statement online, he added: "The way the chief minister behaved in Tynwald on Tuesday, his personal and aggressive attacks on other members and the refusal by him and the new treasury minister to provide Tynwald with information on what their 'new direction' is really going to cost only served to reinforce to me that I made the right call."
The Leader of the Liberal Vannin party is encouraging people to join a political party, saying 'this is the only way to ensure the government is accountable to the people'.
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