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"THE PARTY IS OVER"
Gibrahayer - Nicosia
Jan 25, 2010
The Cyprus Mail - January 25 - By Patroclos - British cuckoos in the
north may require the help of the odd sleeping pill before they go to
bed at night, since the announcement of the Orams judgment on Tuesday.
Not friendly at the best of times, the Brits in the north seemed
particularly edgy and hostile when they were approached by a Mail
journalist for comments, after the judgment.
They got their comeuppance in the end, the properties they bought on
the cheap, because they were stolen, now, being practically worth a
fraction of their bargain price as there are no buyers. This could
not have happened to nicer people, as they say. And now they have to
look over their shoulder wherever they go, in case there is a devious
Greek Cypriot waiting to hand them a court summons.
As our friend Constantis Candounas, the lawyer who made it all happen,
smugly boasted at his Thursday news conference, "The party is over".
And the proud party-pooper was Candounas who looked as pleased and
emotional as a singer who had just won the Eurovision song contest.
His was a super-achievement and deserved all the praise he received, as
he singlehandedly - like a mythical hero - shafted Turkish developers,
cheapskate Brits, the pseudo-state's economy and, most probably,
Talat's re-election prospects. In Kyproulla of today all the heroism
takes place not on the battlefield but in the court of law and heroes
are not soldiers but lawyers.
Gibrahayer - Nicosia
Jan 25, 2010
The Cyprus Mail - January 25 - By Patroclos - British cuckoos in the
north may require the help of the odd sleeping pill before they go to
bed at night, since the announcement of the Orams judgment on Tuesday.
Not friendly at the best of times, the Brits in the north seemed
particularly edgy and hostile when they were approached by a Mail
journalist for comments, after the judgment.
They got their comeuppance in the end, the properties they bought on
the cheap, because they were stolen, now, being practically worth a
fraction of their bargain price as there are no buyers. This could
not have happened to nicer people, as they say. And now they have to
look over their shoulder wherever they go, in case there is a devious
Greek Cypriot waiting to hand them a court summons.
As our friend Constantis Candounas, the lawyer who made it all happen,
smugly boasted at his Thursday news conference, "The party is over".
And the proud party-pooper was Candounas who looked as pleased and
emotional as a singer who had just won the Eurovision song contest.
His was a super-achievement and deserved all the praise he received, as
he singlehandedly - like a mythical hero - shafted Turkish developers,
cheapskate Brits, the pseudo-state's economy and, most probably,
Talat's re-election prospects. In Kyproulla of today all the heroism
takes place not on the battlefield but in the court of law and heroes
are not soldiers but lawyers.