The island is electing a new House of Keys, and it could mark a generational shift in the world's oldest continuous parliament If you have stumbled across the Isle of Man, chances are it is in one of two contexts: tax havens or motorbike racing. Few know that the 32-mile-long crown dependency is also home to a parliament of Norse origin, thought - at more than 1,000 years old - to be the oldest continuously sitting legislature in the world. Even fewer know that, in its general election, 16-year-...
The island is electing a new House of Keys, and it could mark a generational shift in the world's oldest continuous parliament If you have stumbled across the Isle of Man, chances are it is in one of two contexts: tax havens or motorbike racing. Few know that the 32-mile-long crown dependency is also home to a parliament of Norse origin, thought - at more than 1,000 years old - to be the oldest continuously sitting legislature in the world. Even fewer know that, in its general election, 16-year-...
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