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LP Wyddfa:
"Good evening everyone, I hope you all had a good Christmas, sorry to drag you from the festivities but I called you here in order to end some rumours and speculation.....

I cam confirm that I have formally invited the self-labelled Government in exile which is made up of the Liberal Party & Traditional Union to stand in the 2021 Tynwald Election over the Christmas holiday. I haven't made it secret that I have issues with Prime Minister Paul Quine so called democratic reforms which the invention are part of, nevertheless it is my duty as Lord Protector to follow the direction of the Prime Minister & Tynwald in these matters.

Saying that I will use this opportunity to warn the immoral Reactionaries that litter the international community, that this election shall be free & fair as always but we are on guard 24/7 against those who threaten the social moral order of the Commonwealth and the wider world.

Quine believes for whatever reason that in order to prove to the international community that the free & fair election are exactly that, not that we need to do it in my opinion. That I should be inviting a selected group of international observers, I will be discussing the matter with the Public Safety Committee after the Christmas break.

Unfortunately I have no time to answer question...."

 

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Both the Liberal Party & The Traditional Union have agreed to run a joint campaign for the 2021 June Election stating ignoring their vast ideological differences they both agree that the nearly century old iron hold grip of Democratic Labour Party power must end. With the Traditional Union being banned and most either arrested or fled the country due to many being suspected working with reactionaries seeking to undermine the creation of the Commonwealth, the Liberal Party have been allowed some political power over the years but were ordered to leave the country in 1974 due to a investigation into the party leadership over fraud & bribery claims.

Both parties are currently hosted in Eiffelland and have received a invention by Lord Protector Wyddfa under direction of Quine reforms, even with the invention the Public Safety Committee have put down conditions. All members wishing to stand must be audited and questioned by the Social Order Commissary, members living outside country shall be treated as immigration and must apply for the appropriate visa.

In other news the second biggest faction within the Democratic Labour Party have officially spilt and are in middle of registering the new party. Former DLP members will stand as the Progressive Democratic Party.

The Prime Minister has said;
"It is a great shame after spending weeks trying to enlighten my colleagues that the best way to serve the Commonwealth is to be united under one banner unfortunately they haven't listened but I wish the Progressive Democratic Party best of luck in the up-coming election."

 

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Prime Minister Quine faces criticism from the Public Safety Committee for promising to release full text of the Madam Cadwaladr Report. Quine made the promise when repeatedly questioned by Progressive Democratic in the Tynwald. The Progressive Democratic Party bluntly used Prime Minister Questions as a vehicle to advertise their manifesto with its flagship policy of greater transparency within government institutions.

After being pushed enough Quine said he saw no ethical, legal or national security issue in publishing the report, not soon afterwards, the PSE realised a statement saying.

"The Prime Minster seems to be either acting or is ignorant to not see the obvious issues that would arise from releasing the full text of the Madam Cadwaladr Report. Information contain in it if made public will risk the safety of the general public and jeopardise on-going operations being carried out by the Commonwealth Police Service & Social Moral Commissary. It is irresponsible that he would even think of doing this and even more so when it is clear he is trying to chase away the threat from the children that run the Progressive Democratic Party."

The report was commissioned in 2006 after Lord Protector Wyddfa was unsatisfied that no lessons were learnt from the 1979 into the assassination of Lord Protector Galis II, what later was found out a escaped patient from a psychiatric ward had broken into his bedroom. Luckily like most Commonwealth men, Wyddfa severed in the CDF and had kept a personnel handgun under his bed, he was able to restrained the intruder. Gracefully Wyddfa allowed the man off with no charges and ensured he safety got back to the ward.

The PSC resisted any type of public inquiry into said event but gave in after facing pressure from the public & Wyddfa. Even then it was able to block publishing of the full text in 2011 sighting the 35 year clause in the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which allows public services to deny public access to certain information which the Supreme Court deems could be a threat to social moral order or national security.

Any move towards early release of the papers will see a court challenge.

 

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A JOINT STATEMENT

ENGELLEXIAN COMMONWEALTH & THE NORTHERN REPUBLIC
DULWICH & MAMESTRAFFORD​

9th January 2021

The Tynwald June 2021 election provides for the greatest opportunity to deepen and expand upon not only political relations within the Commonwealth of Prydain, but diplomatic ones, too.

Geographically, historically, those characteristics that intertwine our societies and our economies, and stability and prosperity considerations, demands a contemporary acknowledgement of our shared interest, a desirability and need for a special and unique relationship.

We, the Governments of the Engellexian Commonwealth and the Northern Republic, support the appeal and promise of the June 2021 election, and recognise, as friends and neighbours, our responsibility to stand with Prydain during your democratic process. We offer impartial and qualified joint observation, to oversee and guarantee the success of your democratic exercise, to you, the Government of the Commonwealth of Prydain.

We also seek to mark the event with renewed diplomatic initiative, that 2021 may be the beginning of a new century of intensified cooperation, a new trilateral special relationship.

RANCOROUS WALPOLE, Secretary of State for the Foreign & Commons Office
JIMMY LOMAX SHELBUS, Foreign Minister of the Northern Republic

 

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A JOINT STATEMENT

ENGELLEXIAN COMMONWEALTH & THE NORTHERN REPUBLIC
DULWICH & MAMESTRAFFORD
9th January 2021

The Tynwald June 2021 election provides for the greatest opportunity to deepen and expand upon not only political relations within the Commonwealth of Prydain, but diplomatic ones, too.

Geographically, historically, those characteristics that intertwine our societies and our economies, and stability and prosperity considerations, demands a contemporary acknowledgement of our shared interest, a desirability and need for a special and unique relationship.

We, the Governments of the Engellexian Commonwealth and the Northern Republic, support the appeal and promise of the June 2021 election, and recognise, as friends and neighbours, our responsibility to stand with Prydain during your democratic process. We offer impartial and qualified joint observation, to oversee and guarantee the success of your democratic exercise, to you, the Government of the Commonwealth of Prydain.

We also seek to mark the event with renewed diplomatic initiative, that 2021 may be the beginning of a new century of intensified cooperation, a new trilateral special relationship.

RANCOROUS WALPOLE, Secretary of State for the Foreign & Commons Office
JIMMY LOMAX SHELBUS, Foreign Minister of the Northern Republic

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Lord Protector Wyddfa's Office​

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RANCOROUS WALPOLE, Secretary of State for the Foreign & Commons Office
JIMMY LOMAX SHELBUS, Foreign Minister of the Northern Republic

All matters related to the upcoming Tynwald election is purely for this office, the Prime Minister and the Public Safety Committee to disuses, we ask foreign parties to leave these matters alone unless contacted directly by this Office or the Foreign Relations & Trade Office.

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Prime Minister Quine agrees to a televised debate with Owain Rhys, leader of the Progressive Democratic Party in March but rules out having debate among the four parties running stating logistical challenges facing the Liberal Party & Traditional Union based aboard, who yet have to complete the necessary paperwork to enter the country. When ask for comment a spokesperson for both parties said.

"This is a clear attempt to stifle debate and question Democratic Labour Party's dogmatism that has drive the economy off the cliff edge and has created a police state that only till now has it grip's loosened."

On other election news, the Commonwealth People's Front has been barred from registering by the Electoral Standards Committee. The reactionary & nationalist party was formed after the 1988 Brace’s Bread Factory incident, where members of the terrorist group the Commonwealth Patriotic League took several workers hostage.

To this day the leadership of the party label the incident a false flag operation carried out by the "Engellexian secret service in the pocket of the Satanic new world order which is bank rolled by Zionist money."

We told by the Electoral Standards Committee that their application to register to stand in the election was slapped down within minutes due to their unapologetic history of anti-Semitism and various stunts they have done to strew racial hatred.

Progressive Democrats have called for the banning of the organisation since its founding but so far the Domestic Affairs Office have said they have no evidence that the party is a great threat to the social & moral order of the country to warrant a banning order.

 

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Liberty Dies in The Silence:
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"The Establishment rifts are started to show under the Qunie Reforms"

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Opinion Piece by Jean-Marc Boulet , a member of the Hadamar-Siegen Followership

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Qunie following in the footsteps of Gails II promising a series of democratic reforms but it has ruffled the salt & pepper feathers of the old guard within the military & Trade Union Congress. Things are different this time, during Gails II failed Democratisation project, ethnic tension has cooled off in the Serpent region it still has a heavy armed presence and agents of the Border Protection Agency travel mostly by helicopter but these days the weekly fire fights between paramilitaries turned to small scale smuggling and the helicopter rides are necessary now due to how remote some areas of the region are.

This week showed the drawing of the dividing line, the Trade Union Congress's Central Council has completely fractioned over the June Election. The council made of twenty three delegates, held a meeting over the congress response to upcoming, reports from inside have said it ended in a shouting match. The delegates couldn't agree whenever the Congress support any type of election let alone which party to support.

Leading the charge for democracy Dyfan Wren the General Secretary of the United Steelworkers, walked out after the Council's Chair refused to hold ballet among Congress members to cage their opinion on Qunie reforms. Chair Pierce a veteran of The Democratic Labour Party's hard left has privately with others in the establishment sought to remove Qunie from his position Failing so far, he has resorted to petty antics such has sending the Prime Minister on a wild goose chase trying to find the hall they used for 2016 Trade Union Congress annual members gathering or keep sending him to wrong address for their monthly meetings.

The Prime Minister for the last two years has ignored their existence after tiring of the Chair's antics, it could be fair to say Wren is looking to gain his favour and boot Pierce off the chairpersonship but talking to those in the pro-democratic movement on the condition of anonymity, they have told me.

"Dyfan Wren is a progressive and is for Democratisation , one of the first moves he after being voted General Secretary back in 2009 was to allow women membership and fought hard for a case related to coloured members being underpaid at a steel mill although the United Steelworkers lost the case because of inherited racial discrimination in the Commonwealth's Court system not the lack of commitment from Wren."

He is not the only one moving away from the lock step of the Central Council, around nine delegates joined in favour for the election.

Same time this week the Junior Officers' Association has publicly said that the risks of civil disorder in the aftermath of a closely fought election is not worth it and called for a delay till 2025 in order for the Public Safety Committee to "possible damage" that could be caused to the "Social & Moral order" in the society.

Becoming more and more a meaningless buzzword every time it is used by the Establishment, social & moral order is a catch all term to wave away anything the Public Safety Committee deems too troublesome away. On the other hand the Enlisted Men Association voted to back the Prime Minister in the election stating that the Qunie is only person able to keep stability on the bumpy road to democracy.

With one representing the Commonwealth Defence Force future hierarchy and other its rank & file. Some have feared trouble is brewing but the Department of Defence released a statement.

"The Department of Defence has ordered for members of the Armed Forces and civil servants working within this department to not comment on the up-coming election but we respect both Association has a organisation it has the right to have a opinion but like to leave a reminder that individuals members are barred from political campaigning."

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Three members of the Trade Union Congress are discussing the future of their membership

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The United Steelworkers, Feminist Workers Union & the Brotherhood of The Sea shall hold a meeting this coming Monday to disuses their membership of the Trade Union Congress, Tensions seen at the TUC Central Council meeting on Wednesday having boiled over to a general fraction across the entire membership of the TUC.

The source seems to be a disagreement on the timing of the up-coming election with Central Council Chair Pierce stating that the TUC should stay neutral on the issue but in private said that the democratisation project will lead to a fake democracy seen in rest of the region and wider world, where he said that labourers have no voice and only those with capital have one.

Those comments who leaked to reactionary press outside the commonwealth, Dyfan Wren the General Secretary of the United Steelworkers has told CBA.

"The TUC has been run down by the Establishment oligarchs and its mediocre leadership, who have moved away from the its founding principles."

Spokesperson for the Brotherhood of The Sea said that they are angry that the TUC won't support their push to allow postal votes for seafarers working away at sea. At current moment only those posted overseas with the Defence Force are allowed to vote by mail with the Electoral Standards Commission saying that mail in voting from non-Defence Force addresses carries a huge risk of fraud.

The Feminist Workers Union have refused to comment to the CBA.

The Trade Union Congress has labelled the move by the three unions a pointless publicity stunt that will go no where

 

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A vote shall be held by the members of The United Steelworkers, Feminist Workers Union & the Brotherhood of The Sea whenever to dissolve their affiliation, all three unions of agreed to set up an alterative to the Trade Union Congress which has been the collective voice of the Prydain's trade unions since it's founding in 1868. The fifteen unions that made up the TUC represent 65% of public sector workers and 75% of the private sector, the three unions wishing to break away in total have 150,000 members with The United Steelworkers being the biggest with 75,000 members.

TUC's Chair Pierce has slammed the plan accusing Dyfan Wren the General Secretary of the United Steelworkers of creating a vanity project and attacking the united voice of Labour in Prydain. Wren dismissive the claim outlining the plan to CBA he said.

"The Trade Union Congress has lost sight of its founding principles, that is to be voice all workers of the Commonwealth but years of internal sexism, bigotry and elitism in the leadership caused it come off the path of worker solidarity a long time ago time. Myself and others have tried for best part of ten years to solve these issues but have been stonewalled at every turn. With the upcoming election promising to breath new life in politics the same is now happening else where in society."

Wren won't give CBA more details besides saying that a new International Workers Assembly shall be created soon, saying that the new organisation will have a worldwide forces by supporting workers and that it soon will be looking to start work in countries such as Pelasgia where the anti-trade union Act no. 12/2021 is currently going through Pelasgia's legislature.


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The Traditional Union & the Liberal Party have written to complain to the Immigration Minister after being informed by the Immigration & Naturalisation Services Department, that both parties and their staff could only enter the country legally if they apply for a temporary work visa due to them not carrying valid passports so they have be classed as foreign workers which can take up eight months.

Both parties are angry and say that the invention to take part in the up-coming election was only sent in the New Year was done so to run the clock down on them and stop them fully taking part.

The Immigration minister & the Immigration & Naturalisation Services Department wouldn't comment on the matter.

 

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Unions vote to officially break ties with the Trade Union Congress​

96% of Feminist Workers Union members have voted to cuts tie with the TUC both The United Steelworkers & Brotherhood of The Sea have renamed themselves after their members voted in line with the FWU. The latter adding international to their name and the former changed to Industrial Workers of Prydain Federation. Another union Transport and General Workers' Federation which never been formally linked to the TUC, has agreed join the International Workers Assembly which the three unions have formed. The Assembly seems to follow the seem structure as the TUC but will allow foreign unions to join and have in the first time in trade union history, they will offer associate membership to the Guilds which in current times have represented contractors and self employed trades people such as plumbers, mechanics, chefs etc.

Acting President of the Assembly, Dyfan Wren has said that time for militant trade unionism is at a end in the face of the fully globalised labour market and that the Prydain labour movement should forces on defending the hard won rights & create international worker solidarity.

The Trade Union Congress in response have fired fifty staff in their offices and inside sources told CBS they are middle of a press blackout.

"To say Chair Pierce and the Central council are angery is a understatement, within minutes of the International Workers Assembly becoming public, security in all the TUC offices went around snatching people's mobile phones and barred them from leaving till they faced question from office management. I heard some people couldn't leave till three in the morning."

One of the source told CBA, at current moment the Assembly only has 15% of the membership numbers the TUC but it seems plan to make it up for that by allowing Guilds and foreign members in.

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The Progressive Democratic Party have finally publicised their party logo and slogan alongside releasing their 2021 manifesto, their key pledges are forces on greater transparency in government, with their flagship policy is the Fix-term act which they say will make the Qunie democratic reforms permeant by forcing the Tynwald to dissolve every six years as well as creating the House Reforms Act which would reform the system of committees that replaced the House of Lords with a First Estate, where 60% of its member would be direct elected every eight years and the 40% will be made up of committee members picked by the Prime Minister.

On economy they will peruse a free trade deal covering the Isles of Prydain, sign similar agreements West & East of the Thaumantic sea but ensuring labour standards are not weaken in the pursuit. The party says that they want to strengthen the current Social Democratic Corporate system which means reforming the Industrial Relations Act 1961 to end what they call " Rabid trade unionism" which only creates "Division..." and "rips whole communities apart."


Join CBA on the main channel or online where we be talking to a member of the Trade Union Congress, United Church of Prydain Clergy and a member of the public to talk about Progressive Democratic Party's manifesto in great detail.

 

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Liberty Dies in The Silence:
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"Now Workers are finally freeing themselves from the shackles of the TUC now it is time for wider society in Prydain."

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Opinion Piece by Jean-Marc Boulet , a member of the Hadamar-Siegen Followership

The creation of the International Workers Assembly is a watershed moment in industrial relations within the Commonwealth, it should be a new chapter moving away from the monthly strikes that dominated the 60s and the on-going racketing from trade unions infected by the Prydain crime families.

The current system in Prydain is a simple but effective a de-facto close shop policy in every private enterprise if they are not, the said infected trade unions send grunts to terrorise individual entrepreneurs till they give in or shut down. This is primary reason the economy has been in Stagflation for the last eight years with a decade of stagnation before that, I would say is a result of economic mismanagement and bad fiscal policy but gives that there is any kind of management at all. The Treasury and wider civil service has a brain drain crisis since the late 90s after the government loosened restrictions on the ability citizens have to migrant. Nearly all the bright talented young single civil servants and professionals moved aboard in the search for more freedom & opportunities with a large chunk moving to the neighbouring United Republics or countries in the continent such as the Holy Frankish Republic & Eiffelland.

The Treasury has been side-lined by the Lord Protector Wyddfa since he took the title in 1995, himself being Treasurer from 1979-1993. From the start of 1996 the Wyddfa agenda was installed in the Treasurer, the agenda it is self is slow dip feed of Quantitative easing to plug the gap between rapid failing national productivity vs the moderate standards of living the general public were used. The Wyddfa agenda also included moving to a mix market economy this would be done by mixture of indicative planning in strategic industries and supporting the creation of more private enterprise through mild liberalisation of the labour market but these polices were fought back sometimes violent with the most extreme case when two employees of a car tire factory kidnapped their HR manager in 2004. Both were know for their extreme rhetoric and part of the Trade Union Congress who quickly thrown them under the bus, they were later charged and given fifteen year sentence.

Any further attempts to create a mix market ended after the joint air traffic controllers & Transport and General Workers' Federation strike of 2007 effetely grind locking the country's supply chain for three months. The dispute was caused by the government plans to contract out key logistics services for the public sector and cut the salaries of air traffic controllers. This was a genuine attempt of some fiscal responsibility but Wyddfa intervened rolling back the proposed plans after the disputation caused wide speared food shortages.

Now Workers are finally freeing themselves from the shackles of the TUC now it is time for wider society in Prydain alongside successful democratic & economic reforms shall bring the nation out the hole it has dig itself.

 

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The Treasury & the Department of Land & Resource Management have reach a agreement over the taxing of new mega leisure & retail complexes, which are part of the government plans to bring down unemployment in more rural areas and redrawn some investment from the country's main urban centres.

The complexes shall be built near motorway exits to hopefully to bring people into the smaller commuter towns, it will have cinemas, food outlets and range of shopping options. The original plan was to create special sale tax free zones for the complexes but the Treasury objected after it found the land value rate administrated by the Department of Land & Resources would be kept the same.

The construction of the first one went ahead in 2019 during the back & forth between the two departments because of this G&I Capital the project's biggest investor have said interested commercial tenants have turned away.

Hopefully with the agreement allowing the complexes to be in sale tax free zones commercial tenants will be signing up soon but some might be still turned off since the Department of Land & Resources Management agreed to adding a 2.5% premium on the land value rates collected in the zone. Also it will still have the duty on alcohol and 10% sugar tax applied to goods sold within it.

 

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Green Free State's Chief Minister blames the Jaegers for attack
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Two people including the attacker are confirmed dead and twenty five people have been injured after a suicide bomber attacked the popular downtown area of Llyn Bochlwyd on Thursday afternoon. The city is currently middle of its 72 hour curfew , the GFS police service have said they believe risk of another attack link to this one is low so the night time curfew shall end on Monday.

Chief Minister John O'Phelan has said that the reactionary terrorist group called the Jaegers were behind the attack stating.

"Not only have they have long history of targeting the innocent & hard working populace of this state, now they have gone deeper than the devil himself with this attack. The police service believe the bomber was one of the many youth that this savage group brainwashes but I can not give more details of the bomber at this moment."

The Mounted Rifles and Commonwealth Guards units based in the Island were put on high alert while the Royal Flying Regiment assisted the emergency services by providing air support.

The Green Free State Legislative Assembly shall decide on Friday whenever that its elections in March shall be held. The overseas territory has been self-governing since 1951 and has had full elections since 1964 but the Lord Protector is responsible for good governance on the island and the Commonwealth Government handles its defence & foreign affairs.

 

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The Immigration & Naturalisation Services Department have confirmed that the Traditional Union & the Liberal Party shall be granted to enter the country after the 1st March but say it is the current timescale processing of large amount of applications being sent to the department which could changed. Under current rules all campaign staff of both parties and party member themselves must each apply for a series of visas and permits.

Dolf Klos of Elizabeth & Partners the lawyer representing both parties, threatened a lawsuit last month over what he calked "lack of co-operation and stone walling by the department" so far no one from the department or the government have commented on the matter.

Even when the joint campaign sets foot on Prydain soil they have resigetered with the Electoral Standards committee before any campaigning is allowed, Dolf Klos has called this discrimination but under Espionage Act of 1917 those deem foreign actors are barred from donating or campaigning within the Commonwealth.

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Progressive Democratic Party have said that they set up a report into looking at the possibility of expanding sale tax free zone program covering the four new mega leisure & retail complexes to include seaports & airports if the party wins the election. The party stressed that the Manx social market model must be flexible in ever changing globalised world but stressed that the expansion would relay on maintaining of working conditions and economic value.

So far the Democratic Labour Party haven't published any details of their manifesto stating.

"We are currently busy running the day to day business of delivering quality governance to the public and are currently working closely with the Overseas Territory Government of the Green Free State after the deadly attack in their Capital. We shall published a detailed manifesto outlining how we will
continue to be the voice of labour and the people's loyal servant."

 

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Minister of Domestics Affairs confirms Commonwealth Overseas Containers is owner of the Banshee​

The small fright ship sized in the Pelasgian Union by National Port Corps is owned & managed by Commonwealth Overseas Constrainers which itself owned by Sovereign Estate Investment Council. The possibility of the ship in question being involved in drug smuggling causes great embarrassment for the Council and doubts of the suitability of the shipping company's Board of directors.

The International Brotherhood of the Sea will be working with local lawyers to ensure fair treatment & judgment of all crew members, so far the board of directors have denied any knowledge of smuggling and insist this is a isolated incident. With that said the Ministry of Domestic Affairs have ordered the company fleet of ships to return to home port within the next seven working days to face a joint inspection by the Commonwealth Coast Guard and Commonwealth Police Service.

The board calls the request unnecessary stating the inspections will have knock on effect on national & global supply chains and that they have internal security and rick management policies that will be reinforced.

Foreign Relations & Trade Office have informed all relations of the effective crew members and is communicating with the Pelasgian Union's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to solve the matter.

 

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Executive Director of Commonwealth Overseas Containers given 28 working days to solve the growing scandal

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Arailt Lùtair was seen leaving the Coal Exchange the home of the Sovereign Estate Investment Council after being told directly by the Trade Minister that the company will face complete liquidation and himself will have his financial assets frozen if he doesn't get hold of the crisis facing the shipping company.

What started off as a simple drug smuggling bust in the Pelasgian Union has now evolved into a scandal that threatens to bring down the Prydain's biggest maritime company. Joint inspections by the Commonwealth Coast Guard and Commonwealth Police Service have unearthed signs of smuggling in three out of twenty vessels that have been searched. The total fleet number is 106 with that number made up of eighty small to medium sized fright ships.

The company's own finance director, Owein Lewis is on the run after police searched his home, they found evidence of bribery and signs that he had fled a few days before. So far the police have said they are currently in middle of tracking his last steps but couldn't comment anymore than that. To make matters worse independent auditors have found that some ships' crew worked with either fake safety certificates or expired ones. Even if current investigations don't find wide speared par taking in criminal activity the bare minimum the company expects to face is heavy fines for failure to follow maritime safety regulations

The Minister of Domestic Affairs is understand to be pushing for liquidation to start with immediate effect but so far the Trade Minister who holds final authority over the Investment Council has resisted but confirmed that all shipping operations have been suspended till further notice. All orders will be honoured with all captains ordered to complete their last voyage to then return to home port but stressed that if a foreign authority requests a search that they must fully co-operate.


This ever growing crisis raises serious questions over the stability of other corporations owned by the Investment Council.

 

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Frankish Authorities assist the Commonwealth Naval Service in capturing CTG Bodiam Castle

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Bodiam Castel was deemed missing after the ship went dark on the 18th of this month, with the whole of Commonwealth Overseas Containers' fleet ordered to return to their home port. Frankish Authorities were alerted after the ship tried to gain access to one of their ports under a false name and fake documentation. Suspension was already raised when crates of drugs were found floating around the Gothic Sea by Commonwealth Naval Service vessels patrolling the area. The commanding officer of the patrol alerted the Admiralty and relevant authorities in the are

Two port agents went on-board the ship which had anchored up a few miles away from the port while waiting to be granted entry, after the ship crew's rose was discovered by the port agents it is reported they were thrown overboard by the crew. Fortunately the ship was tailed by one of the vessels patrolling the Gothic Sea which immediately dispatched a fast rescue craft to assist the port agents in the water.

What followed was a two hour chase with the patrol vessel working with the Imperial Navy, the crew pushed number of containers to lighten their load, causing possible damage to the maritime environment and fired flares at a Imperial Navy helicopter endangering its crew.

Finally the ship's captain surrendered after the engines broke down, a boarding party from the Commonwealth Naval Service arrested the ships crew, half million Manx Marks worth of cocaine was discovered after deep search of the ship was carried out when a naval engineering were repairing it.

The entire ships crew are now held by the Commonwealth Police Service and are charge of piracy, endangering life at sea and holding fake documentation. If found guilty the entire faces a 35 years to life imprisonment.

The Admiralty have said in a statement:

"We are very thankful for co-operation we received from the Frankish Authorities particularly the Imperial Navy who provide our patrol vessel with much needed air support."

 

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Progressive Democratic Party leader, Dywel Harris & Prime Minister Quine clash in first television debate

Harris seemed to put Quine on the back-foot opening the debate accusing the prime minister of over seeing an epidemic of domestic abuse and allowing the Ministry of Domestic Affairs to enable a culture of victim blaming within the Commonwealth Police Service with many women reporting to charities that they face coercion by police officers to drop charges.

The debate was nearly finished early after Harris pulled a graphic image of a dead woman's body in response to Quine denying systemic policy within the police of labelling murders of women by their husbands as death by misadventure. Harries microphone was cut when he refused to back down and repeatedly told the Prime Minister to look at the picture saying he had permission from the dead relations family after they got no support from the police after reporting the woman's husband to the police.

Quine conceded by saying that "rare isolated incidents of unprofessional behaviour from the CPS....." happens and stressed that the woman's family alongside others cornered by police behaviour should contract their local representatives

Both men had common ground over the issue of abortion with the subject brought forward to world's stage in recent weeks, both wouldn't reform or replace the Protection of Motherhood & Unborn act, current policy hold the life of the unborn and the mother in equal weight, abortion is only legal in rare cases such as pregnancy resulting from rape or the pregnancy threatens the life of the mother.

The Prime Minister defended the Sovereign Estate Investment Council crediting its long history of sensible financial management enabling the steady growth of living standards in Prydain. He called the on-going Banshee affair a deep stain of that history but trusts the current Trade Minister to solve the issues brought to light. Harris on the other hand said he would completely reform the council changing it from a group of unelected bureaucrats to a committee of the Tynwald to ensure democratic oversight of the decisions it makes with taxpayers' money.

In an unprecedented move after being asked about a possible coalition or voting pack with the Liberal Party or Traditional Union, Harris promoted tactical voting saying that his party looking at their own polls suggest that a split in the "anti statue quo & establishment" parties could lead to the Democratic Labour Party winning a slim majority. He also commented he will welcome the leadership of the Liberal Party back with open arms when they arrive in the country in a few weeks time.

Quine who seemed pretty disgusted by those comments ended the debate by saying.

"The Liberal Party is fully brought out by international finance and the Traditional Union openly supports those who have killed the brave men of the Commonwealth Defence Force & our security services, they are no friend of mine, the people of this nation and the values you claim to hold."

 

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Four crew members of dissolved Commonwealth Overseas Containers have been arrested after they carried out a dirty protest

Tensions are boiling point at Rhosybol port with most of the crew of Commonwealth Overseas Containers a few hard core members left numbering about a 100 still locking themselves away in CTG Tartar. Anger has been caused after it was relieved that the Department of Transportation & have contracted out the delivery of goods to foreign firms. The Department insets this is needed to ensure the steady flow of essential goods such as fresh food and medicine is not effected.

With many employees received no pay since the new year, four crew members were able to get a fire hose hooked up to one of the ship's sewage tank. For a hour they shoot high presence sewage water at contractors unloading goods, when the port authority's security guards tied to stop them, the crew threw rotten food and go off butter at them as well as threatening to run the ship aground blocking the port entrance. Wasn't till two Commonwealth Coast Guard's frigates blocked them in and faced with a heavily armed Coast Guard Boarding team, that the crew members ended their protest .

They face ten years for breaking maritime environmental regulations and damaging infrastructure important to national security. The unnamed foreign firm have confirmed they have pulled out of their contracting saying they could not guarantee the safety of its employees after the stunt.


Minister of Domestic Affairs is said to be outraged with him demanding the Trade Minister to cut all dialogue with the International Brotherhood of the Sea who have condemned the actions of the crew members. The Domestic Affairs Minister has promised to crackdown on militant trade unionist actions, a source have told us.

"We won't let any shorted sighted stupid actions by some selfish militant trade unionist to threatening the supply of essential items."

At time of writing the country's three Port Authorities have doubled up on security staff and all contractors have been told to unload goods away from the ships still along side.

 

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Rosewood Hotel & Resort-Pàra Glas Liberal Party Leader​

Liberal Party Leader in hospital after assassin attempt
Less than 24 hours of returning to the Commonwealth the Liberal party leader Pàra Glas is in hospital after a gunman who later was declared dead at the scene entered the Rosewood Hotel & Resort which was hosting a dinner that was celebrating the ending of the liberal's party years of exile. It is reported a man wearing a chef uniform and ski mask with a shotgun had entered the banquet hall after Glas started his end of dinner speech. The gunman fired serval times at Glas before he was taken down by armed private security.

Gemini International Security who have provided close protection and security services for the liberal party for a over decade have partly blamed the Commonwealth Police Service & Minister of Domestic Affairs for the assassin attempt, a spoke person for the company said;

"We repeatedly requested assist and intelligence from the Ministry of Domestic Affairs before and during the return of the liberal party knowing full well the unique security threats that face the party leadership & staff members but we were ignored."

This is on the backend of the Traditional Union staff being evacuated from their campaign HQ after a false bomb scare, both parties are taking part in the May election after being in exile for over forty years.

The Ministry of Domestic Affairs have decline to answer any question we had on the close protection or security plans for the leadership for both the Traditional Union & Liberal Party.

The Commonwealth Police Service have said they will not comment a on-going case.