Tales from the Coffeeshop: Self-pity is the latest vote-winning technique
I ALMOST shed a tear reading the report of Nicos Christodoulides self-pitying speech at an election gathering in Polemidia, where he took on the role...
Tales from the coffeeshop
Tales from the Coffeeshop: The sacred cash-cow has its first martyr
THE DEVOUT churchgoers and Orthodox fanatics, who have been living on myths spread by monks (also known as prophesies of the holy fathers) about the...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Giving Marie Antoinette a run for her money
GIVEN the borderline lawful way in which he has been leeching off the taxpayer, you dread to think what the Diko-Edek independent candidate Nikos Christodoulides,...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: A regional hub for lack of perspective
BEING a deeply religious man and an avid churchgoer, you would have thought the independent Diko-Edek candidate, who remains a Disy member, and will bring...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Third-term dreams and the Gesy Antichrist
YOU READ it here first that Prez Nik had not given up on the possibility of a third term. This claim, as I admitted at...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Post-truth political packaging
THE PRESIDENTIAL candidate of post-truth politics is flying if the latest opinion poll, conducted for Alpha TV, is anything to go by. A staggering 33.1...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Cyprus leaders embrace pen-pal diplomacy
EFFORTS to prevent a settlement of our Cyprob have entered a new sphere, which involves an old methodology – letter-writing. The two leaders have now...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: The political ideology of promising all things to all people
THE MASS mourning of the previous week was replaced by mass indignation on Friday when Politis broke the story about the attempts of a senior...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: A lack of perspective is part of our DNA
PERHAPS I have become a grumpy old man, no longer able to fight my innate conservatism and completely out of touch with the times. This...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Halloumi identity crisis awaits another half-baked solution
MY FRIEND Costas Christofides made the big leap last Sunday, announcing his candidacy for the presidential elections to a full house at the Pallas theatre...
