At November Tynwald members pondered when is a dependency not a dependency, should UK legislation introduced to the Isle of Man by CoMin be laid before Tynwald and does the Isle of Man need a permanent representative in London? It’s remarkable that there has been little discussion and even less change to our constitutional relationship with the UK for nearly quarter of a century. A fascinating topic for Perspective. Some have said that if it ain’t broke don’t fix it but perhaps it is broke but politicians have just got so used to the decaying structure they’ve not noticed it’s structural flaws?