they are not very selective statistics - almost every Liverpool - Isle of Man round trip for the next two weeks (with the exception of two services each way per day which seem to be at £99) is at £183 when they seemed to be £50 or £60 tops before. Even Eastern to Birmingham and Leeds is cheaper, which really puts it into context.
A textbook case of what analysts always say happens when a previously competed route loses competition or two competitors merge operations.