Monster Raving Loony Party for Cyprus?

A TOPLESS Millennium Dome and the introduction of the ‘Loony Pound’ are just what Cyprus needs to celebrate the year 2000, according to wacky British ‘politician’ Screaming Lord Sutch.

Speaking on Radio Napa from the UK, Sutch, a longtime visitor to the island, told presenter Nathan Morley: “I love Cyprus and come almost every year, and I think a topless dome would be a great attraction.”

He also called for an extension to the day, with 24-hour sunshine.

Sutch, a former sixties pop star who now heads the Monster Raving Loony Party, entered politics in 1964, when he stood against Harold Wilson. Since then, he has also stood against Ted Heath, Margaret Thatcher and John Major, whom he describes as his favourite MP.

The Monster Raving Loony Party holds no seats in parliament, as its constitution states that any candidate who stands and wins must resign from the party immediately. It has equally mad policies on everything else, including the environment, suggesting that in order to cut pollution, cars should be replaced by space hoppers.

Asked whether he would like to open a branch of the Monster Raving Loony Party in Cyprus, he said: “It would be my dream to have a branch on the island. I’m always looking for new members.”

He did not mention whether he felt any local politicians were qualified to join.

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.