What the BBC says about the election results

TheSaints



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Message Posted:
20/04/2009 01:49

For those who wish to know at this late hour.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8004534.stm

Turbo


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Message Posted:
20/04/2009 06:42

totally off topic but I couldn't help but notice on the same page as the above news,







http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6161691.stm



its a very "short": story.

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
20/04/2009 09:12

Msg 1, TheSaints: Thanks for the link!



Msg 2, Turbo: Do let us know if you find more 'news' that has nothing to with this thread about the TRNC elections. Remarkable to see that a TC like you is so deeply interested in the elections in your country.

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
20/04/2009 10:02

re msg 3 DC



May be Turbo knows how *little* (sic) relevance the results have re the talks from TURKEY's perspective.. ?!

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
20/04/2009 10:27

RE msg 4, 6xm: Yeah, yeah, yeah... It's so good to know that *you* know (as usual)... Have a sandwich with reality, Marky... Not the outcome of the elections you like, eh?

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
20/04/2009 10:39

Dear DC, re msg 1



Funny, I don't see you countering Ismet when he states the reality of "TRNC" politics ;)

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
20/04/2009 11:02

RE msg 6, 6xm: Marky, I know it's early morning, but please read before you accuse: what have *I* to do with message 1?!



And as for Ismet: I find it always interesting to read Ismet's views and thoughts, but after his prediction of the outcome of the Parliament elections...

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
20/04/2009 11:20

Ha DC, re msg 7



YES, I was referring to your msg FIVE.



Re Ismet.. you'll know - very well - I'm referring to his constant reminder that when it comes to a "settlement" THEY call the shots ;)

Lambousa Gordon


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Message Posted:
20/04/2009 11:33

From the BBC report:



QUOTE



"Frustration at the slow progress of talks aimed at reuniting the island appears to have been a key element in this latest poll, the BBC's Tabitha Morgan reports from Cyprus."



UNQUOTE



Utter nonsense. The internal administration of the TRNC was the key element in the election results. If Ms Morgan had spent just a few seconds with TCs in any Northern coffee-shop in the run-up to the vote she would have realized that the CyProb was way down on the list of the electorate's concerns; somewhere between the price of barley-water and import regulations for tropical fruits.

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
20/04/2009 12:41

re msg 9



Hi Gordon



I'm a little worried by my wonderful BBC and Cyprus reporting...



If you look Liealotopoulos and Denktator still feature - even though one is dead and neither are "President" ..



Come on BBC - pull your socks up.

Lambousa Gordon


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Message Posted:
20/04/2009 12:55

Too true MM,



Seems Ms Morgan is on a stipend that doesn't extend to her actually carrying out any new journalism nor doing much more than cutting and pasting old reports.



I sometimes wonder how often she visits the North...

AlsancakJack



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Message Posted:
20/04/2009 13:29

A news source that I have a lot of respect for.

Note paragraphs 14 & 15

AJ



http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/04/2009419195129862568.html

wackyjim



Joined: 04/06/2007
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Message Posted:
20/04/2009 13:44

Lambousa Gordon



Ms Morgan probably hasn't even been to NC let alone think that anyone is actually bothered what she writes!!! after all to many Cyprus and its politics are hardly headline stuff.....unfortunately.



Jim

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
20/04/2009 15:27

Dear AJ, re msg 12



I don't see the actual reporting of the events is any less "clueless" than the Beeb's - they still refer dissatisfaction with the talks - although the economy IS mentioned!



This quote:



"Everything will be easier if it is universally accepted that we are a nation and that we have a state,"



from Mr Eroglu



demonstrates that he doesn't seem to agree with Gordon - he seems to think the electorate have given him some sort of "mandate" to perpetuate the notion of "statehood" - you'd think after 35 years - and repeated proclamations from UN Security Council members - they'd get the message... :(



I rather think Mr Talat's quote:

"A government in [Northern Cyrpus] that seeks to scupper the talks will also be harming Turkey's EU accession process," he told Havadis, a Turkish Cypriot daily."



is more realistic...

rocking


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Message Posted:
20/04/2009 15:37

I do not know why people seem worried about GC saying they will veto Turkey going into EU - France has come out publicly and said they are not wanted - who cares whether GCs veto it - will not happen. Good show UBP.

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
20/04/2009 16:34

Re msg - 15 Rocking



the "rump" RoC have been threatening a Veto for a long time...esp on the issue of non compliance by Turkey to the Ankara Accord - you know a binding document TR signed - and has reneged on re all EU members having the right to overfly and ships to use it's ports.....



The RoC have not used it and IF they did - it would mean a swift end to the veto and use of maj voting in the EU..



France has also stated - many times - it would do this and do that - remember they said they would walk out of the G20 summit ?





TR will continue towards EU accession - the UBP - just like the RoC will not stop the progress...

greylag


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Message Posted:
20/04/2009 18:21

http://www.famagusta-gazette.com/link.asp?twindow=Default&smenu=69&sdetail=8429&mad=No&wpage=&skeyword=&sidate=



What the Gazette says.

juliet


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Message Posted:
20/04/2009 19:00

After having a pleasant lunch with our tc friends in bogazi today we have come away feeling depressed for them, they the tcs are really quite upset with the outcome of the elections, they like us want this island for cypriots & NOT an extention of Turkey....

TheSaints



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Message Posted:
20/04/2009 19:04

Err you mean your TC friends are upset remember TC'c voted in the elections and they voted in the UBP.

juliet


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Message Posted:
20/04/2009 19:22

Err no most of the votes were from mainland turks who now class themselves as tcs.......

TheSaints



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Message Posted:
20/04/2009 19:26

What all of the majority??? very hard to believe that out of all of those votes no tc's voted to keep the TRNC, I definatly know some that did and thier homes where in the south not the mainland.

Really Juliet you can be so funny at times

juliet


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Message Posted:
20/04/2009 20:49

38% of votes were by tcs the other 62% were by mainland turks which is reported in a turkish newspaper...not really fair for the tcs is it....

TheSaints



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Message Posted:
20/04/2009 20:55

Do you have a link to the paper would be interesting to see, and just how many of the supposed 38% of the TC's votes were for UBP? imossible for you to say.

juliet


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Message Posted:
20/04/2009 21:00

msg 23



you read the post by soothsayer who is a tc, under the congrats thread by DC...

TheSaints



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Message Posted:
20/04/2009 21:01

"But we simply don't know if the settlers voted differently from Turkish Cypriots"