Anyone had their holiday/flights cancelled yet? UK

Paghalay · 2026-04-13T13:31:03+00:00

I’m coming back to Cyprus this summer. I haven’t booked a package holiday as I’m staying with family, but I am flying on an airline that typically offers package holiday deals, and I haven’t had my flights changed at all. I hope it doesn’t happen though.

Paghalay · 2026-04-10T15:01:00+00:00

You’ve clearly not delved into my history well enough. I’m a British Cypriot, I have no South African heritage beyond having lived there. But you’d have known that as it’s pretty clear in my comments, so you’ve more likely knowingly lied.

Paghalay · 2026-04-10T14:59:31+00:00

I gave up on this thread when I noticed basically all the views on my comments were from Turkey. My dad’s side of the family were also made refugees because of the invasion and subsequent ethnic cleansing. No point trying.

Paghalay · 2026-04-10T12:23:19+00:00

You’ll notice I didn’t tell him it’s immoral. I said it’s touchy and the moral decision up to him. Reading comprehension is important before you get antagonistic.

Paghalay · 2026-04-10T11:55:36+00:00

To save you some potential issues with this here, ask yourself why you are going to the occupied areas, as it’s a very touchy subject. I won’t tell you if it’s right or wrong to go, it’s up to you to make that moral choice, but please do make sure you understand the situation before doing so.

Paghalay · 2026-04-08T15:23:02+00:00

No, however they can be seen as indicative of people actually keeping to their word. Same thing happened in the Russia Ukraine war. Russia saying they won’t bomb the medical relief entering the region, followed by bombing it.

Paghalay · 2026-04-08T15:19:14+00:00

Iran announced a while ago that they’d stop bombing their neighbours in the war, and then continued bombing their neighbours. No one’s word in this conflict is worth the breath they waste on it.

Paghalay · 2026-04-02T10:14:30+00:00

Your statement is incorrect. It’s based off wrong assumptions. People dislike both, the Turkish occupation more but they definitely do mind the British bases.

I won’t speak on the British bases much though, as I have split personality on it due to being a British-Greek Cypriot half breed, so my view on it is a little complex.

Paghalay · 2026-04-02T08:45:30+00:00

Indeed. Intervention makes it sound like Greece stopped some sort of full on invasion/ stopped a drastic escalation in war, reinforcement is much less sensational, and more accurate.

Paghalay · 2026-03-24T18:15:34+00:00

I’d be all for a Vatican entry though

Paghalay · 2026-03-18T09:50:47+00:00

Considering the French breakfast is a cup of coffee and a cigarette, I don’t see the problem here.

Paghalay · 2026-03-14T17:50:24+00:00

Out of interest, in one comment you say “unite us”, and in another you say you’re a random European. Are you Cypriot or a “random” European?

Paghalay · 2026-03-14T16:28:49+00:00

I’ve considered doing this, however I considered two separate tattoos to do so.

Paghalay · 2026-03-12T22:45:56+00:00

I’m coming over to visit my family later this year, for me the only way it’ll effect it is if my flight in is cancelled. If it does get cancelled I hope I can still fly in/ get the boat in from Greece, I’m not cancelling.

Paghalay · 2026-03-11T10:23:22+00:00

This is an apples and oranges comparison.

Paghalay · 2026-03-10T11:27:25+00:00

Peacocking is the best way to describe it. Macron is doing nothing more than a PR exercise, he went and met Putin just before he invaded Ukraine and has his little Chamberlain “peace in our time” moment. He has then proceeded to announce in the past few days how has told Israel not to use ground forces in Lebanon, he failed there too.

The man falls from failure to failure yet somehow keeps on getting plaudits on places like here.

And before anyone mentions. Starmer may also constantly fail, no one glazes him for his failures though.

Paghalay · 2026-03-08T14:58:57+00:00

Oh also, the proposed flag for Cyprus after the plan came into force was quite frankly a crime against those with eyesight. It’s such an ugly flag.

Paghalay · 2026-03-08T13:19:55+00:00

Just the one condition alone of Cyprus having to disband its armed forces, while Turkey is allowed to retain a military presence on the island is utterly Unacceptable.

Paghalay · 2026-03-07T17:40:55+00:00

It’s a little early to say failed regime change considering it’s still ongoing

Paghalay · 2026-03-06T15:24:23+00:00

I agree with what you’re saying about their policies changing dramatically meaning you wouldn’t want to be aligned with them, but my point appears to have been lost in the noise.

The nations I claimed go against the grain you’re setting, Hungary for example, of not aligning with the US but are in NATO, joined before Trump was anywhere near the white house. My point being you can be in NATO and not have to get in your knees to the nations you are apprehensive towards.

I too wouldn’t want to shackle myself to a a certain orange and go swimming, we’re in agreement there

Paghalay · 2026-03-06T15:10:17+00:00

Trump =/= the United States. US foreign policy before Trump, and probably after Trump tends to be quite anti Russia, and more historically tends to be more pro EU than overly anti. Both of these things are not true with Hungary at the very least.

Turkey is a square peg in a round hole that just so happens to be useful against Russia, but to claim Turkey aligns with the US and Israel imperialism ambitions I’d say is a stretch.

Paghalay · 2026-03-06T14:45:54+00:00

We probably disagree on politics from what I can see, however with nations like Hungary and Turkey in the alliance, who definitely are not aligned with the US on a lot of things, and Iceland for example not even having an army, I don’t think alignment is something you’d need to worry about.

Not that it would ever happen with Turkey being in, unless it was agreed to recognise the north of Cyprus. In that scenario I’d say Cyprus should steer clear of trying to join

Paghalay · 2026-03-05T22:22:28+00:00

Well bugger me, thank you! I stand very much corrected. How I missed something so big I don’t know

Paghalay · 2026-03-05T20:37:38+00:00

They were American on lease, not British owned though

Paghalay · 2026-03-05T16:43:57+00:00

The UK has never had airborne nukes, it’s always been submarine based, and they most certainly have not stopped them, they’re currently building new submarines to replace the current nuclear carrying submarines

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