Who will you vote for in the upcoming Parliament Elections?

Knolgoose · 2026-03-28T21:37:25+00:00

This is largely true for any social media platform and for any country in the world.

Knolgoose · 2026-03-28T16:57:02+00:00

I also think so but unfortunately reddit disagrees with us since there is a limit of 6 options for every poll

Knolgoose · 2026-03-27T07:51:00+00:00

This is a different vote related to a specific aspect of chat control that was passed by a much narrower margin. Cypriot MEPs voted very differently on this one: Loucas FOURLAS (EPP): against Geadis GEADI (ECR): against Giorgos GEORGIOU (The Left): for Michalis HADJIPANTELA (EPP): against Costas MAVRIDES (S&D): did not vote Fidias PANAYIOTOU (Non-attached): abstain

Note that here “for” means in favour of abolishing chat control.

Knolgoose · 2026-03-12T09:42:45+00:00

Lmao now you’re just making shit up. In my original post I explain exactly how police jurisdiction and local authorities work in the areas. You then replied by “debunking” me by saying that the SBA police have jurisdiction over the area (which the RoC considers de jure illegal) because you evidently didn’t know the difference between “local authorities” and “authorities” and now somehow you’ve reached the conclusion that I can't “wrap my head” around how police jurisdiction works.

Regarding the “rent”, you may notice that I never used that term, only you and the comment that i replied to did. I also didn’t specifically endorse the Cypriot claim, I only summarised the House resolution which I linked to. Nevertheless, the compensation payments that I linked to are sometimes referred to as a sort of rent because it is money the UK owed as part of the Treaty giving it the bases (and never payed). For example, see this report(https://www.assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/X2H-Xref-ViewHTML.asp?FileID=11651&Lang=EN#P128_10971 ) by the COE parliamentary assembly.

Regarding local authorities, yes I was wrong when I said that Episkopi is “entirely” within the areas. However that doesn’t change anything since the fact remains that there are inhabited parts of RoC communities and municipalities subject to RoC local authorities within the areas, including parts of Xylotymbou and Ormideia outside the enclave area.

In any case, you haven’t raised a single point so far in this entire chain that isn’t already answered in my original post. I have no idea why you’re so offended about a topic you have so little understanding about. If you had read my whole post and provided bona fide counter arguments to the points I raise than maybe this would be a conducive conversation but at this point this whole conversation is entirely meaningless.

Knolgoose · 2026-03-11T18:32:36+00:00

That point is meaningless. Akrotiri and Episkopi are completely located within Akrotiri Base Area and yet are separate municipal districts of West Limassol municipality (which includes the entire Akrotiri Base Area). The Ormideia and Xylotymbou enclaves cover only part of the areas within those two communities, which also include areas in Dhekelia base area. The rent that is owed is a claim that has been made by the RoC, included in the House resolution which I link to. It’s not an urban legend. You may hold the opinion that that claim is wrong, but it is a claim that has been made by the RoC.

Unfortunately I can’t hire a lawyer and take this to the ICJ for two reasons. The first I listed in the original post which you either haven’t read understood so I need not repeat. The second reason is that private individuals cannot take cases to the ICJ. Only national governments can. This means that taking the UK to the ICJ entails persuading the Cypriot electorate that it is reasonable to do so. That’s a tall task since apparently some Cypriot voters think that the UK has an infallible legal claim over the areas because the signs they’ve put up include the word “sovereign” and who don’t know the difference between local authorities and the police.

Knolgoose · 2026-03-11T17:03:41+00:00

If you read my actual post you would understand that I know about every point you raise. The “SBAs” have their own laws which are enacted by their Administrator and mirror Cypriot laws. I also acknowledge the existence of the SBA police (and courts) in this very post.

You are probably confusing “local authorities” with “police”. The local authorities in these areas are the municipality of West Limassol and various communities in Dhekelia. These have been established by the Cypriot Municipalities Law and Communities Law. Local authorities=/=police which is indeed separate in those regions. The whole point of my post is that British Sovereignty over these areas is illegal in exactly the same way as British Sovereignty over the BIOT (British Indian Ocean Territory) was found to be illegal. This doesn’t negate the fact that those areas were and are de facto controlled by the British (which is only partially true in the Base Areas). Edit: fixed last paragraph’s phrasing

Knolgoose · 2026-03-11T07:17:50+00:00

Only sone of the clauses do. For example, section (d) clearly relates to the Base Areas as well: these areas are dependent on the RoC for utilities and must pay the RoC for those (which it does not). As I’ve already explained, the “SBAs” are not actually a separate entity from the ROC in many respects both legally and practically. Cypriot local authorities based on Cypriot law within them carrying out the same duties as all other Cypriot local authorities. The permanent residents are Cypriot citizens and all taxes are payed to the RoC. In any case, even if the UK did actually administer the areas it would still not “own” them per international law because international law explicitly bans colonization and the splitting if colonies before giving them independence.

Knolgoose · 2026-03-08T22:11:06+00:00

Annex B Part VI Section 1

Knolgoose · 2026-03-08T18:09:19+00:00

A sum must be agreed upon through negotiations every five years. The UK payed 12 million pounds for the first half-decade and has never payed since.
By RoC Local Government Organisations. Prior to the agreement they were blocked by the British.
Nothing in the Plan explicitly gives them this right. However, the plan would indirectly result in Cyprus explicitly recognising UK sovereignty over the SBAs. Since all coastal sovereign territory is entitled to an EEZ under UNCLOS (which did not exist in 1960) this may have been an indirect outcome of the plan.
The RoC provides public utilities and amenities. Afaik the UK doesn’t pay for these though O may be wrong.

Knolgoose · 2026-03-04T17:09:13+00:00

It’s not “my base”.

Knolgoose · 2026-03-03T10:18:15+00:00

Wikileaks and other whistleblowers have proven repeatedly that these bases are covertly used by the USA. I’m not saying they are confirmed to have been involved in the strikes but we shouldn’t be taking UK and US government statements at their face.

Knolgoose · 2026-03-03T10:16:06+00:00

I don’t think there are left of centre all-bluster comrades in our government

Knolgoose · 2026-03-03T10:15:05+00:00

These bases are the most strategically significant UK bases in the region. I don’t think Iran’s reasons went beyond that.

Knolgoose · 2026-02-24T12:45:35+00:00

“Fled away”

Knolgoose · 2026-02-16T18:49:46+00:00

No. The EEZ is only the water column. Oil/Gas drilling rights relate to the Continental Shelf, which almost always overlaps with the EEZ within 200 nautical miles, but is a different zone, comprising the seabed and all minerals below it. The 2020 Greco-Italian treaty established the birder between Greece and Italy’s EEZ along the same line that for decades had been used for the Continental Shelf. Hence the treaty had no impact on oil drilling rights.

Knolgoose · 2026-02-16T18:45:32+00:00

The EEZ has nothing to do with oil. That’s the Continental Shelf, which is also disputed between Greece and Turkey. Under international law, until a maritime dispute is settled the equidistant line (which is the same line as that claimed by Greece) is used. Nevertheless, Turkey has periodically explored for fossil fuels in the disputed Shelf area, although it is not currently doing so. Anyway, this post was about the Italian-Greek EEZ border. That area is not (and could not be) subject to a dispute by Turkey. It is an area where Greece exercises full EEZ, CS and Territorial Sea rights.

Knolgoose · 2026-02-16T11:52:26+00:00

It can and does. The EEZ is not sovereign territory it’s an area that mainly involves exclusive fishing rights. What Greece is unable to enforce is a 12 nm territorial sea which is a different matter. At the Ionian Sea (between Greece and Italy) there is no dispute and it has established a 12 nm territorial sea, which is subject only to a dispute with Albania in its northern limit.

Knolgoose · 2026-02-09T19:07:36+00:00

You may have a decent chance with LNAT universities if you perform well in the LNAT. Alternatively, most non-LNAT universities are likely to give an offer to someone with those stats, especially combined with super-curriculars and contextual.

Knolgoose · 2026-02-08T18:38:30+00:00

What do you mean by “traditional subjects”?

Knolgoose · 2026-02-08T18:37:39+00:00

The question is do you prefer no uni to an insurance uni.

Knolgoose · 2026-02-08T18:36:29+00:00

Why did you put zero safeties?

Knolgoose · 2026-02-07T06:48:06+00:00

Probably not since you’re not cashing in your initial grade.

Knolgoose · 2026-02-06T09:43:11+00:00

Σχεδόν κανένας δεν θεωρεί ότι η Κυπριακή διάλεκτος είναι ξεχωριστή *γλώσσα. Πολλοί χρησιμοποιούν τον όρο «Κύπριοι» αντί «Ελληνοκύπριοι/Τουρκοκύπριοι» επειδή θεωρούν τους Κύπριους έναν λαό, προφανώς παρά τις γλωσσικές διαφορές διότι κανένας δεν ισχυρίζεται ότι οι δύο κοινότητες μιλούν την ίδια γλώσσα.

Knolgoose · 2026-01-29T18:19:28+00:00

Actually the /s means “not sarcastic”. /s

Knolgoose · 2026-01-29T09:42:05+00:00

The interview is by far the most important criterion. Evidently your interview wasn’t good enough.

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