It was posted as a spoof ..... not to be taken seriously but ......
B25:
Simple solution to that, is :
Get rid of the British Bases and so called SBA!
Absolutely! We should give it back to those we took it from ...... hang on a minute ...... that was Turkey!
So let’s think of a better solution like make Dhekelia a displaced persons camp for refugees from the local war zones and Episkopi/Akrotiri the location of a new United Nations centre to replace the one in New York. Gift both sites to the UN put it under UN control and international administration. It would put Cyprus on the map.
Or we could give it back to the RoC ...... but we already have enough taverna’s, bars, restaurants, kiosks, mini markets etc don't we? The alternative would be to turn it into a very upmarket, very expensive development like the Marina but on a massive scale ...... for foreigners. (Russians?)
Kikapu:
Let’s hope the UK leaves the EU, and once the damage is done and the UK will want to come back to the EU, they will have to give up their bases in Cyprus, give up Gibraltar and Northern Ireland for starters.
What makes you believe the UK will ever want to return to be part of a federal Europe, a sort of United States of Europe dominated by the US? The EU as a federal state will never happen, too many other countries also do not want it.
ALL want effectively a free trading area but with common standards. Just like the EEC was intended to be before the EU Federalists decided to create a USoEu.
Both NI and Gibraltar have expressed the wish to remain part of the UK.
As for the Bases .... see above!
Milti:
The only solution to this is for a referendum, the people now know what leaving the EU would mean for us all, for the young and the new generation.
The problem is that the majority have no clue as to what leaving could achieve nor what remaining entails. Most believe the shit that they read in their chosen news source or TV station. How many programs have there been on TV where all these implications are explained in a non-biased way so that the ordinary man in the street, who does not have a Masters Law Degree, can understand them?
I have challenged many to name just one detrimental law imposed by the EU on us without receiving one logical answer.
OK ..... I will give you an answer ........ Lisbon Treaty aka The EU Constitution.
Article 123
1. Overdraft facilities or any other type of credit facility with the European Central Bank or with the central banks of the Member States (hereinafter referred to as ‘national central banks’) in favour of Union institutions, bodies, offices or agencies, central governments, regional, local or other public authorities, other bodies governed by public law, or public undertakings of Member States shall be prohibited, as shall the purchase directly from them by the European Central Bank or national central banks of debt instruments.
2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to publicly owned credit institutions which, in the context of the supply of reserves by central banks, shall be given the same treatment by national central banks and the European Central Bank as private credit institutions.
......and
Article 124
Any measure, not based on prudential considerations, establishing privileged access by Union institutions, bodies, offices or agencies, central governments, regional, local or other public authorities, other bodies governed by public law, or public undertakings of Member States to financial institutions, shall be prohibited.
…….… and there’s more! You should read through them and then read this.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eurozone-ecb-qe/the-life-and-times-of-ecb-quantitative-easing-2015-18-idUSKBN1OB1SMIf you have a problem working out the implication’s .... say so and I will be more than happy to explain!
BTW: I didn’t vote. I have been away too long. If I had voted I would have voted ‘OUT’ based simply on the implications of Articles 123, 124 and the others, on the UK if the UK remains part of a Federal Europe.
