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[paliometoxo]

If the Brits cleared off totally from Cyprus in 1960 and the 1974 war never happened, Cyprus standard of living would have been much higher than any country in Europe.
What are you basing this on?

actually your right England helped Cyprus a lot without them we would of been a lot worse off, not the help they gave when putting tc police men and gc police men and did nothing to stop the invading turks. but they still helped they sorted us out.

[apc2010]

If british soldiers killing a foreigner tour rep with shovels after raping her (in Cyprus) does not get them kicked out...
You have no chance........................

[Mr. T]

Perhaps he implies that without the Brits, Cyprus would be 50 years behind civilization as some parts of Turkey still are to this day.- EVER BEEN TO SOME OF THE QUIETER VILLAGES HERE .... EVER BEEN TO TURKEY ??

If the Brits cleared off totally from Cyprus in 1960 and the 1974 war never happened, Cyprus standard of living would have been much higher than any country in Europe. - NOW YOU ARE JUST BEING FUNNY
The Brits were an obstacle not aid in Cyprus development. I know of a dozen countries that did very well without any Brits around.- MORE WELL BALANCED , JUSTIFIED OBSERVATIONS THERE
MAYBE YOU SHOULD ASK A FEW "DEVELOPERS" ABOUT THAT ONE AS WELL OR ASK THE
BANKS AND GOVERNMENT ABOUT THE BILLIONS THAT THE ACCURSED BRITS HAVE BROUGHT TO CYPRUS
Go ahead DT, give this guy some more of the same medicine, he needs it.



Cyprus is "Florida" for Europe. The most southern part with the best weather and beautiful beaches & scenic mountains. This is the reason the Brits invested billions here. The Brits are not doing us any favors. Their money is well spent on properties that could worth a lot more down the road. Business as usual, not charity.

The bright future of Cyprus is yet to come. The Cyprob still holds back more potential investments due to security issues. If the solution is found, Cyprus could become a paradise we all dream of.

I travelled all over the world, especially the Caribbean. There is an investment orgie going on over there coming from US, Canada and Europe. I can see this happening to Cyprus as well. Tiny islands like Bermuda, Turks & Caicos, the Bahamas etc are enjoying prosperity. Cuba is far behind thanks to Fidel Castro. I was there 3 times... the people want freedom to harvest what other islands do.

One must look at the long term when evaluating the situation. Things like the Turkish occupying troops, SBAs, American base in the north, the ghost town of Famagusta and the Cyprob are not helping but obstructing the progress of Cyprus.

Does all this sound funny to you?

Georgios100

Shooting yourself in the foot again I see by quoting these Caribbean islands after your faux pas in making the laughable statement that Cyprus would have had the highest standard of living in Europe, quite rightly ridiculed by bsharpish.

Please let us have a reasoned argument for this completely economically unfounded statement? Perhaps you would have grown twice the number of potatoes!!! That would have done it.

Bermuda recently enjoyed the world's highest GDP. It isn't just that it benefits from British influence over centuries IT IS ACTUALLY A BRITISH TERRITORY and remains so at the behest of the local population.

Try looking up The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos and you will see Britain's influence there too. Can't say that for Cuba though but that speaks for itself.

[Get Real!]

Mr T, when are you going to do one of those “hypothetically Ottoman speaking” threads? It's been a while since we had a good laugh...

[Mr. T]

Mr T, when are you going to do one of those “hypothetically Ottoman speaking” threads? It's been a while since we had a good laugh...

It is well known that people often laugh about what they don't understand so I am sorry that I have been away from this site and thereby disappointing you.

Most of the threads are repetitive with the same stuff spewed out time after time so it gets a bit boring.

What I have noticed, however, are a lot less postings from GCs who are obviously in a state of shock with the recent ECHR ruling following so closely on the heels of the premature and badly reasoned gloating which followed the Orams decision in the UK.

[DT.]

Shooting yourself in the foot again I see by quoting these Caribbean islands after your faux pas in making the laughable statement that Cyprus would have had the highest standard of living in Europe, quite rightly ridiculed by bsharpish.

Please let us have a reasoned argument for this completely economically unfounded statement? Perhaps you would have grown twice the number of potatoes!!! That would have done it.

Bermuda recently enjoyed the world's highest GDP. It isn't just that it benefits from British influence over centuries IT IS ACTUALLY A BRITISH TERRITORY and remains so at the behest of the local population.

Try looking up The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos and you will see Britain's influence there too. Can't say that for Cuba though but that speaks for itself.

Perhaps you mean GDP per capita. In which case I'd think Luxembourg holds the top spot there.

[Tim Drayton]

Shooting yourself in the foot again I see by quoting these Caribbean islands after your faux pas in making the laughable statement that Cyprus would have had the highest standard of living in Europe, quite rightly ridiculed by bsharpish.

Please let us have a reasoned argument for this completely economically unfounded statement? Perhaps you would have grown twice the number of potatoes!!! That would have done it.

Bermuda recently enjoyed the world's highest GDP. It isn't just that it benefits from British influence over centuries IT IS ACTUALLY A BRITISH TERRITORY and remains so at the behest of the local population.

Try looking up The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos and you will see Britain's influence there too. Can't say that for Cuba though but that speaks for itself.

Perhaps you mean GDP per capita. In which case I'd think Luxembourg holds the top spot there.

I thought that was Brunei - it was number one a few years ago, anyway.

[vaughanwilliams]

Bermuda is actually Britains oldest colony (1612) and can therefore be said to have benefitted from British influence the most. In 2005 it had the highest GDP per capita in the world with not a drop of oil or sniff of gas to its name.

[Tim Drayton]

Bermuda is actually Britains oldest colony (1612) and can therefore be said to have benefitted from British influence the most. In 2005 it had the highest GDP per capita in the world with not a drop of oil or sniff of gas to its name.

These figures don't mean that much anyhow. I lived in Qatar, which has a sky high per capita GDP. All this means is that the ruling clan in this oil and gas rich feudal sheikhdom is super rich. Ordinary Qataris do not go hungry or unhoused, but that is about as much as you can say.

[vaughanwilliams]

Bermuda is actually Britains oldest colony (1612) and can therefore be said to have benefitted from British influence the most. In 2005 it had the highest GDP per capita in the world with not a drop of oil or sniff of gas to its name.

These figures don't mean that much anyhow. I lived in Qatar, which has a sky high per capita GDP. All this means is that the ruling clan in this oil and gas rich feudal sheikhdom is super rich. Ordinary Qataris do not go hungry or unhoused, but that is about as much as you can say.

Well according to gergios100 they mean quite a lot.
He said:
"If the Brits cleared off totally from Cyprus in 1960 and the 1974 war never happened, Cyprus standard of living would have been much higher than any country in Europe."
God knows what he bases that on.

He also said:
"The Brits were an obstacle not aid in Cyprus development. I know of a dozen countries that did very well without any Brits around."

And I have just pointed out that Bermuda has had nearly 400 years of British rule and influence and is a much smaller island than Cyprus with a tiny population, in comparison.

Gerorgios100 knows of "a dozen countries that did very well without any Brits around."
I know a few countries that did very well out of the Brits: Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore.......