Manx independence vote would probably need UK approval

Any vote for Manx independence would probably need permission from the UK.

That's the finding of Tynwald's Constitutional and Legal Affairs and Justice committee, which will lay a report before Tynwald later this month.

The committee considered the Island's relationship with the UK and other Crown Dependencies.

Its report says the Island's Law Society looked at a possible independence referendum, and concluded after a recent Scottish case in the UK Supreme Court such a vote might not be possible without Westminster's say-so.