Come on whinging Brits, it can’t all be that bad

I am sick and tired of listening to whinging Brits who can’t think of anything positive to say about the island they voluntarily chose to migrate to!

It’s ‘Cyprus this’ and Cypriots that’… for God’s sake! If you don’t like it, what are you doing here? From the sound of it, it seems you were sooo much happier in good ’ole Blighty, why did you ever consider leaving it?

Oh, maybe it’s because the weather is better, the people are friendlier and the food is delicious – yes, they actually do have traditional foods they can be proud of.

You wake up one morning and think: “Do you know what? It’s actually sunny outside and I’m in a stupendously happy mood. I have naff all else to do today, so I think I will go to the pub, order myself a shandy and have a good old natter with the locals.”

You’re not there five minutes before you’ve lost the will to live, listening to the old fogey at the bar: “It’s too bloody hot! I can’t be doing with this. The government needs to do something about this global warming lark. Us Brits aren’t used to this kind of heat!”

A week ago, you were in the same pub listening to the same old drone about the “depressing, rainy weather”.

Make your mind up!! Not a day goes by when I don’t open the Cyprus Mail to find a moaning Brit on the letters page, complaining about one thing or another.

Excuse me, but wasn’t it you who sold all your belongings and invested in a life abroad? Am I to believe you so naively upped and left without having any knowledge whatsoever about the place you planned to live the rest of your life in?

Come on you Brits, you are creating a bad name for all of us. I am the first to admit you have some seriously valid points, but come on! It can’t be that bad. And if it is, go somewhere bloody else!

Susan Smith,
Nicosia

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.