Your online guide to the 2011 Isle of Man General Election
Vote 2011 - Isle of Man General Election 2011

Candidate Views - Michael

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What is your view on health care provision on the Island?

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Our healthcare service is falling well short of what we should be getting. If you are unfortunate enough to fall ill you should be able to see a doctor the same day and this is the target I believe we should be achieving. Meanwhile, waiting weeks to see a consultant in this day and age is unacceptable. Often prolonging suffering not to mention causing people to take unnecessarily long periods of time off work there are obvious reasons why we should be demanding better. I feel that too much of our resources are being wasted on pointless politics and needless bureaucracy and not enough being delivered in front-line hands-on healthcare. The decision to place a new doctor's surgery and community centre in Jurby is great news for Jurby. However it leaves me asking the question “When are we going to get something similar in Kirk Michael?” and this is something I would continue to campaign for. Meanwhile, people who let themselves down and inconvenience others by not turning up for Doctor's or hospital appointments might be persuaded to buck their ideas up if the department were able to issue fines in the same way as fixed penalty notices! Although I have no doubt more people would turn up for their appointments if they didn't have to wait such a long time to get one in the first place.

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Does the Island provide a good education?

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Should the Island be independent?

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What are your views on the islands taxation regime and VAT?

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Is inflation hurting the Isle of Man?

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Should there be state owned monopolies or free market competition?

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Should we have an open seas policy like the open sky’s policy?

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Does the Island do enough to protect its environment?

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Where do you see the future of the Islands economy?

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Where do you think new jobs can be generated?

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Should the Chief Minister and MLC’s be publicly elected?