Eddie The Alchemist Only A Scrawny Rabbit In That Top Hat I?ll Wager!

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE

A few years ago the late John Herdman, a great satirical cartoonist, did a Manx budget day cartoon for the Transport Union.

The Budget Minister (then Donald Gelling) wasunveiling his budget at the time the economy was slightly depressed although nowhere near what it is now and John had an ebullient Donald ( Gelling was always larger than life both as Treasury Minister and later as CM) looking into his budget box which contained a few crumbs and some moths. I think that probably sums up what Treasury Minister Eddie Teare will have tomorrow i.e. little of substance for the rank and file.

However with all budgets and fiscal handouts with this administration you have to look at the bigger picture and Allan Bell and Eddie Teare (with their able assistant Laurence Skelly) have by sleight of hand already given the business community an early bonus with the