Stephen Day

ste@ct.com

SLOW DEATH OF FREEDOM

WHEN I look at today’s Britain, everything I was brought up to honour seems to be going through a strangulated death throe. It breaks my heart. When in the UK, I am happiest in those small communities...

Oct 19, 2020

GO FOR RECOGNITION

I’M A PATIENT man, so waiting is no great hardship to me. If it’s worth having, it’s worth waiting for, but you don’t expect to be waiting forever, now do you? That is unless...

Oct 7, 2020

BREXIT BRINKMANSHIP?

Brexit is back in the headlines (it never actually went away, it was just drowned in a tidal wave of Covid panic).

So, what great Brexit crime has Boris committed, to bring two political “blasts...

Sep 23, 2020

DEAR HIGH COMMISSIONER

Your Excellency,

I write to you in this open letter with the greatest respect for both yourself and the office you hold, coupled with a great sadness that such failures in UK's...

Sep 7, 2020

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BRITISH?

For decades the UK has pursued social policies that have greatly improved life. Health, education, social benefits, employment rights, etc. No doubt about it and all welcome. The problem is that things...

Aug 10, 2020

TIME FOR UNITY

There has been no civil war, tearing the island apart and destroying the lives of innocents on both sides of the divide, since the Turkish intervention in 1974. That blessing has come at a heavy price,...

Jul 29, 2020

A LUCKY GENERATION

We oldies were, all those years ago, now weren't we? Of course we were. Driving our parents to distraction, loudly...

Jul 14, 2020

On your knees-or else!

FIRST, let me apologise to fellow columnist Rev Walker, as I’m going to mention what we used to call “sport.” I find it’s best to apologise first these days, just in case I’ve...

Jun 29, 2020

ANARCHY UK 2020

Aren't you glad you live here in TRNC? No looting, no riots, no statues being pulled down or defaced, no national flags being set on fire , no policemen bending one knee (instead of enforcing...

Jun 15, 2020