Of course everyone knows the racing at Billown is great, the atmosphere is excellent and the organisation is flawless, but nobody kids themselves that any race there is a "TT".
My dilemma at the moment is trying to perceive through the fog of circumlocution and spin, if this is a genuine effort to provide racing for the 125 and 250 bikes, or is it a cynical attempt to silence the sizeable and vocal group who are calling for a return of variety to the TT fortnight.
Everyone gets things wrong from time to time and we have to be big enough to admit it and come up with better solutions.
For example the DTL made a bad decision to split up the entertainment areas on the Prom last year, now they have acknowledged it was a failure and returned to the previous workable arrangement. That is admirable.
The pseudo TTs have never been a success, this is not reactionism but a strongly felt view that if you trivialise a product, a service or an event it will decline thereafter.
Does anyone remember the Riley Mini, the Wolseley Mini or the Vanden Plas Mini?


This sad missuse of a badge lasted only 9 years in Mk l, MK ll and MK lll versions selling a staggering total of 28,455.

Please don't mistreat the TT name in similar fashion.