Flanders and Swann's continuing relevance
We were discussing England's exit from the World Cup over breakfast, and my wife hit on the reason for Germany's success: "they practice beforehand, which ruins the fun."
June 29th, 2010
By-election blues
When Derviş Eroğlu was elected President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in April, he had to resign his seat in the TRNC's parliament. His daughter Resmiye Canaltay ran as his party's candidate in the by-election held last Sunday, and lost by an agonising two-vote margin.
Eroğlu, his wife and his bodyguard did not vote in the election as they were travelling to New York!
(Further confusion was caused when the electoral authorities mixed up the tallies for the candidates and declared that Canaltay had been elected, then checked the figures and realised that Hüseyin Angolemli had actually got the two crucial extra votes.)
Eroğlu, his wife and his bodyguard did not vote in the election as they were travelling to New York!
(Further confusion was caused when the electoral authorities mixed up the tallies for the candidates and declared that Canaltay had been elected, then checked the figures and realised that Hüseyin Angolemli had actually got the two crucial extra votes.)
June books
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