The Isle of Man's government needs to be constructively challenged, or democracy will be diluted.
That's the belief of the Liberal Vannin candidate for Ramsey Linda Bowers-Kasch.
Ms Bowers-Kasch, a former vice president of Barclays Wealth, says opposition should be viewed positively (listen to audio file below):
The other people who have declared in Ramsey so far are outgoing MHKs Allan Bell and Anne Craine, and two other challengers, John McDonough and Leonard Singer.

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