A ‘one-off’ blight on Manx politics.
That’s how the chief minister hopes events which led to the Douglas East by-election fraud trial will be remembered.
In the week, three people were convicted of fraud following a six-week trial, costing an estimated £3 million, Allan Bell is encouraged any lessons that need to be learned from the May 2010 contest will be:
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