Mec Vannin
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Mec Vannin is a political party operating in the Isle of Man. Formed in 1962, it seeks to revoke the status of Man as a British Crown Dependency and establish a completely sovereign state, which would be a republic. Its name is the Manx Gaelic for Sons of Man
It describes its aims as being:
- To achieve national independence for Mann as a sovereign state, based on a republican form of government. To further and safeguard the interests of Mann. To protect the individual and collective rights of its people.
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History
In the 1976 election they put up ten candidates. Only one was successful though, Peter Craine. He remains to this day the only Mec Vannin MHK there has ever been, although several ex-members have gone on to become MHKs, such as Phil Gawne and Hazel Hannan.
Peter Craine subsequently left the party, joining the shortlived breakaway Manx National Party which was formed in 1977 and disbanded in 1981.
Yn Pabyr Seyr
Distributed at least twice a year since 1990, Yn Pabyr Seyr is the newsletter of Mec Vannin, publicising their policies, views and comments. The archive of back-issues available on line is being updated on an ongoing basis. Its name means "The Free Paper" in Manx [1] (http://homepages.enterprise.net/kelly/LIST/DICTIONARY/dict2/S.html), but the majority of content is in English.
Yn Pabyr Seyr online (http://www.manxman.co.im/mecvan/pabyr/psmenu.html)
Office bearers
- President - Bernard Moffatt
- Chairman - Mark Kermode
- Secretary - Verity Gorry
- Treasurer - Cristl Jerry
- PRO - Mark Kermode
- Editor - Alan Comaish
- Cultural Officer - Freddy Cowle
External links
- Mec Vannin Website (http://www.manxman.co.im/mecvan/)
- Mec Vannin press release group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mec_vannin/)
- Options for future relations with European Union (http://www.manxman.co.im/mecvan/archive/europe.html)