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.

It has also called for the creation of an international body of the Celtic nations, somewhat like a miniature version of the European Union, or the Nordic Council, and many of its members are active in the Celtic League.

Mec Vannin currently boycotts elections to the Manx legislature, the House of Keys. This has not always been the case though, and 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 .

He also subsequently left the party, joining the breakaway Manx National Party which was formed in 1977.

External link

• Mec Vannin Website
• options for future relations with Europe