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#opinion-polls

As the system of governance is a parliamentary democracy, the powers of the Turkish Cypriot "president" are largely limited to managing the negotiations for a settlement of the Cyprus issue the island's division into a Greek Cypriot south and Turkish Cypriot north since the Turkish military intervention of 1974, following intercommunal violence in the 1960s. But the stakes in this election also concern the preservation of the community's character and identity.

On 3 October 2021, Reform UK held its first conference - a modest one-day get-togetherin Manchester - only a short distance from the much larger Conservative Party gathering, taking place nearby at the city's Convention Complex at the same time. At the Reform event, only a few hundred activists were present in the function room - and Nigel Farage, not yet party leader, was reportedlynot among them. Reform was polling around 3% and had won just two councillorsin that May's local elections.