MHK slams DED Minister on TT World Series

Thu, 29 Oct 2015

John Houghton MHK

The Economic Development Minister has been slammed for his "appalling" response to questions raised about the amount of money spent on a failed TT world series.

North Douglas MHK John Houghton has reacted to the news that the idea has been shelved despite five years of work on it.

Laurence Skelly has defended spending taxpayers' money paying consultants saying it's been a "valuable" exercise - he says the focus will now be on appointing an external promoter for the TT.

It's something which left Mr Houghton despairing: