Tales from the Coffeeshop: Covid police state comes unstuck
A WEEK rarely goes by without the auditor-general Odysseas, Kyproulla’s self-proclaimed Elliot Ness, featuring in the news. He is second only to Prez Nik in the publicity race, in ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Hysteria reaches new heights over semantics
LACK of perspective and a sense of proportion have always marked the way the drama queen politicians of Kyproulla view the world but they surpassed themselves last week in the ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Someone needs to take a reality pill
IF THERE was anyone who thought that Prez Nik’s impassioned declarations of support for the bizonal, bicommunal federation, even without political equality, and for the resumption of talks at ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: El Diablo bedevils God-fearing Kyproulla
RELIGIOUS fanatics were incensed by the lyrics of our Eurovision song, El Diablo, and directed their self-righteous rage at the CyBC which had selected such an unchristian entry to represent ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: A gift for splitting hairs and spinning gestures
PREZ Nik had his big day in front of the investigative committee on Tuesday, pleading ignorance to questions that he did not want to answer.
He did not know that ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Social media: the place where gossip becomes news
THINGS could not get any worse for Prez Nik than they did in the last week, when he ended up having to defend himself against scurrilous rumours that most of ...