Government
The Isle of Man is proud of its Parliamentary system - and rightly so. The Manx Government has been using basically the same principles and legislative procedures for more than a thousand years with little alteration since the introduction of the Tynwald system by the Vikings in 979AD. Changes may be afoot in the rest of Europe but self-government continues to ensure that Island affairs remain essentially in the hands of Manx people. Nevertheless, although the Island is not part of the United Kingdom it is still a Crown dependency and regarded as one of the British Isles, making Manx people British but not English.