Isle of Man, United Kingdom
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Mark Cox retweeted
Slavery was an evil in which people from every continent and region participated. We should be honest about the whole history, not select the parts that are politically convenient today, especially given Britain's leading role in ending the transatlantic slave trade.
If Caribbean countries are asking Britain for a formal apology for Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, will they also be asking the same of the descendants of African kingdoms, rulers and merchants who captured, sold and profited from the trade?
On demands for reparations, whether through cash or debt relief, we have been down this track before. Twenty-five years ago, Jubilee 2000, Drop the Debt and Make Poverty History argued that cancelling the debts of poorer countries would give them a fresh start. More than $100 billion of debt was eventually written off, but many of those countries have since built up even bigger debts. Labour are already spending too much on Britain's welfare state, now is not the time for Andy Burnham to be providing global welfare.
There is no reason British taxpayers today should be held financially responsible for things that happened generations before any of us were born. And I have even less patience for political elites in commonwealth countries who don’t know how to make their own citizens prosperous now looking for another opportunity to blame Britain.
As Prime Minister, Andy Burnham should be Britain’s greatest defender. Instead, he is writing articles saying we need to confront our history (as if we haven't done enough of that) and considering another formal historical apology. Tony Blair already expressed Britain’s deep sorrow and regret for our role in the slave trade nearly twenty years ago. There is no need to do so again.
This is all another navel-gazing distraction. The Commonwealth should be looking forward, not endlessly backwards. That means economic partnerships to make us all richer and deeper military and security cooperation against common threats. If every Commonwealth summit becomes an exercise in presenting Britain with demands for cash then we need to start asking if it is worth the effort.
Mark Cox retweeted
We owe those who serve the UK the kit to do the job and the loyalty to stand by them when it's done. We are failing on both.
I’ve spent my whole time in government making that case. Number 10 will not listen, so I am resigning as Minister for the Armed Forces.
Letter to the PM below.🫡🫡🫡⬇️⬇️
Read this - it is a succinct summary of exactly where the UK Labour Government’s priorities lay and the impact on the security of a once great nation.
If you are not shocked and concerned by it, you don’t perhaps fully appreciate the threats we face.
Agenda 2030 Or The Defence Of The Realm. Starmer Has Made His Choice. John Healey Has Resigned Over It.
This morning Britain woke up without a Defence Secretary. By lunchtime it knew why.
The numbers tell the story precisely. The Ministry of Defence faces a £28 billion funding shortfall over four years. Healey wanted £18 billion. He was offered £13.5 billion of which defence chiefs regarded only £10 billion as real money. The remaining £3.5 billion was, in the words of the Telegraph, invented through magical accounting tricks. The Chief of the Defence Staff, Sir Richard Knighton, took the unusual step of writing directly to Starmer to warn that the money was not enough. The head of the British armed forces writing directly to the Prime Minister is not a routine communication. It is a signal of desperation.
Starmer told NATO last week that it is our intelligence assessment that there could be an attack by Russia on NATO as soon as 2030. Those are his words. His government's assessment. Shared with our allies. Four years away. And his Treasury offered the man responsible for defending against that threat an accounting trick and a two page summary instead of a funded plan. Why. Because the money was needed elsewhere.
In 2015 every United Nations member state including Britain signed the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Its 17 goals and 169 targets commit signatory nations to facilitating migration, eliminating inequality, achieving net zero and embedding inclusive institutions. No British parliament voted on it. No British public was consulted. It was adopted at a UN summit and has been implemented ever since through regulatory frameworks, public sector guidance and institutional capture rather than democratic mandate. It is not a conspiracy. It is a publicly available document on the UN website. And its priorities, net zero, welfare, migration, DEI, are precisely the budgets this government has protected while offering the defence of the realm an accounting trick.
Ed Miliband refused to cut his net zero budget to fund defence. The Labour Party refused to cut welfare spending that would have freed up billions. The £10 billion in asylum accommodation contracts continues. The DEI infrastructure embedded across British policing, the NHS, the civil service and the education system continues to be funded. Every one of these is a commitment that takes precedence over the defence of the realm in this government's spending decisions.
The hierarchy of priorities is now visible. A government that has spent two years embedding progressive transformation across British institutions, protecting the net zero agenda from cuts and managing mass migration has discovered that it cannot simultaneously do all of that and defend the country. When the moment of decision arrived the progressive agenda was protected and the armed forces were handed a two page summary and told to make do.
Lord Robertson, the former Labour Defence Secretary and NATO Secretary General, warned in April that Britain was underprepared, underinsured and under attack. He said there was a corrosive complacency in Britain's political leadership. The army has been reduced to its smallest size in 200 years. Seven warships have been axed. The Defence Investment Plan was due last autumn, delayed through winter, missed its spring deadline and has now produced the resignation of the Defence Secretary on the day it was finally meant to be published.
Healey's letter says without a plan that meets the moment he is being forced to make decisions that would reduce the readiness of our forces, increase the risk to personnel on operations and could make the country less safe. He had no other option but to resign.
In the most dangerous security environment since the Cold War a Labour government has chosen the globalist agenda over the defence of the realm. That choice has now cost it its Defence Secretary. The question is what it will cost the country.
ALT Keir Starmer
ALT UN Agenda 2030
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Mark Cox retweeted
Fancy a change? Working with us in our busy ED here on the IoM? Working with our clinical director Dr Gareth Davies…
Ben is doing great work - we’re delighted to be able to provide the support young people deserve.
There are organisations and people out there that you don't realise the vital service they provide until you meet them, to me that was Bridge the Gap and the new to the island youth co-ordinator, Ben Melling.
We caught up with Ben to find out more abo...
manx.news/the-vital-role-of-…
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Mark Cox retweeted
Lovely to see the shared vision and joint working with Bridge the Gap and @ManxCare progessing with the appointment of Ben who is our Youth Worker.
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Nurse / Paramedic, fancy joining us as a specialist practitioner?! A Rotational model across a variety of services here at @ManxCare
NEW JOB: Trainee Specialist Practitioner / Specialist Practitioner dlvr.it/T0Tv3x
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See me as a person first and foremost before disease or bed number. 🔎 Individuals are more than just an illness, they are humans, they are family, they are friends. We should remember to see more of an individual than just the reason they are using healthcare. #hellomynameis
Mark Cox retweeted
Next Tuesday is World Mental Health Day.
You and your community should be able to live life to the full. That's why we're continuing to find ways to prevent mental health problems.
To find out more:
👉 mentalhealth.org.uk/
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By signposting people to the right local resources, you can help prevent suicide.
Know what’s available in the Isle of Man for suicide support:
👉gov.im/suicideprevention
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Proud to be part of Emergency Services Day and an opportunity to celebrate all of the professions and roles with @IOM_Ambulance @ManxCare Such a dedicated and skilled team of professionals led by @Will_Bellamy. Thank you for all you do. 👏👏👏👏👏👏
It is Emergency Services Day and we’re celebrating our wonderful team at Isle of Man Ambulance Service (IMAS). Here’s some of the roles that colleagues play in our service...
#emergencyservicesday #999day
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Did you know you can receive Urgent Care for a number of minor injuries and illnesses at Ramsey Minor Injuries Unit?
Open 08:00 - 20:00 daily (last booking 19:30).
Please help us and consider where you need to go for treatement:
👉 gov.im/signposting
Mark Cox retweeted
MEDS (Manx Emergency Doctor Service) will close at midnight due to unforeseen circumstances.
Between midnight and 08:00 on Tues 05 Sept, anyone who needs medical attention who would have sought this from MEDS should attend the Emergency Department at Noble’s Hospital OR... (1/3)
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This guide will signpost you to the most appropriate service or clinician depending on the level of support you need:
👉gov.im/signposting
Please consider whether you need to go straight to the Emergency Department at Noble’s Hospital, or whether you go elsewhere.
