MPs use House Brexit debate to push ouster of British bases

[Varky]

You really should try to read more carefully, before replying to the wrong person.

Now corrected..........Happy?

[WHL]

You really should try to read more carefully, before replying to the wrong person.

Now corrected..........Happy?

Happy ? why would I be happy, because you corrected your mistake?

[Jimgward]

Varky - not a situation where “best you can do” is relevant. I was simply warning that Wikipedia isn’t failsafe, but wasn’t in the argument to try to find sources.... I think most of us know Britain coerced Cyprus into the SBAs. It may have partly suited Cyprus at the time - Independence comes in many forms and Cypriots may have assumed that partial now was better than years of trying to psh the UK out - especially when Britain was hardly renowned for supportive divorces! Britannia has always acted the woman scorned!

[Jim B]

Varky
Read the books; history is always a viewpoint generally from the victors and trying to get an unbiased opinion on Cyprus is next to impossible. The British Governer at the time stated Britain would never relinquish Cyprus, you can confirm that in the Cyprus Conspiracy. I would agree with WHL in that the options given to Cyprus on independece were limited: give part of their territory to the UK and the majority had to agree to share equal power and veto's by a minority group (19% of the population).

Jim