Sadly (especially so for me being a Manx resident and tax payer!!) they will not listen to you, me or anyone else regardless of knowledge, experience, business acumen, or anything else for that matter.

They are determined to plough on with this, and will continue to do so until someone in senior government has the sense to step in and stop them.

The consultants involved, who are probably having a good chuckle over the naivety of their client, will obviously continue to sell them hope at the appropriate rate, for as long as someone is daft enough to pass their invoices for payment, which will be until someone bright enough to see through this, and senior enough to actually do something about it, pulls the plug.