Chief minister says it's a 'strategic mid-term change'
The former education minister Julie Edge says she can understand why her dismissal has been reported in the media as a 'sacking'.
Yesterday the chief minister described the move as a 'strategic mid-term change'.
Garff MHK Daphne Caine has been named as her replacement.
So Phil Gawne put the question to the Onchan MHK:

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