Agence France Presse failed to identify Mrs Michelle Muscat’s husband, Joseph
The Daily Mail is running an interesting piece right now: a collation of photographs from different international news agencies, at and around Nelson Mandela’s memorial service in South Africa.
It includes an AFP photograph of three men seated in a row, but the AFP caption identifies only John Major and Nick Clegg, and The Daily Mail hasn’t had much luck either with identifying the turd – apologies, third. Being Maltese I lost my ‘th’ there for a moment.
It’s fascinating to see that Muscat has found himself so short of small-talk while sitting there waiting for the service to being that he has resorted to that awkward device of scrutinising the programme. Be thankful for small mercies: at least it isn’t his phone.
He could always have broken the obviously very cold ice by turning to the British deputy prime minister and saying, “I hear there was a good story on the Financial Times front page this morning about how you’re under pressure to object to my government’s plans to sell EU passports. And by the way, where’s David Cameron? I’d much rather be sitting hip to hip with him.”
Even energy ministers (Malaysia) and foreign ministers (Czech Republic, El Salvador, Iran, Nepal, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia and Uruguay) made it to the list of those who were identified by the press agencies and The Daily Mail, but it looks like Muscat needs to wear one of those Paddington Bear tags that our mothers used to safety-pin to our chests on the first day of kindergarten: ‘My name is Joseph Muscat and I am the prime minister of Malta.’
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2521202/Nelson-Mandelas-memorial-service-whos-world-leaders.html
Look at that chin, for heaven’s sake. This man is the love child of Lucifer and Mussolini.
With a dash of Desperate Dan for good measure.
I think his personal trainer should show him the right way to do chin-ups. Because he’s getting it all wrong.
Poor chap, he’s not even listed in the list of dignitaries at the bottom of the article.
If you scroll down to the bottom of the article there is a list of foreign dignitaries attending. No Joseph Muscat mentioned unless I’m mistaken.
He appears rather peeved. Possibly the protocol wasn’t up to his standards.
He wanted to sit next to David, but they put him next to the deputy.
Well they also seem not to have recognised Enrico Letta – not that we can blame them with Italy changing PM every six months.
But at least Enrico Letta is mentioned in the list of foreign dignitaries attending. Our Joseph isn’t even mentioned there.
Can I be so presumptuous as to infer, from the look on Joseph Muscat’s face and his slouched position (Major and Clegg are sitting upright), that his legs must be spread wide open and his feet thrown apart at odd angles?
What a shame Mrs Michelle Muscat wasn’t there too to add a sense of faux-mourning to the occasion in an all-black outfit and veiled hat, with some intellectual nicety like “Miskin, hux! Miet Nelson! Illum jiena gejt.”
NO DECORUM at all. Those lips betray a hundred feelings especially when compared to Clinton`s radiant smile and Obama`s facial expressions.
Even Obama was radiant. He was hitting on the Danish MP.
Clearly the Nationalist have infiltrated the BBC.
How dare they not mention our PM as one of the world figures attending the Nelson Mandela memorial service?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25312791
Tad-daqqiet ta’ harta
“Issa inpattijilhom, halli f’idejha.”
There’s a “full” list of foreign dignitaries right at the bottom. Oh look – he’s missing from that too.
At least the caption did not include “and passport salesman Joseph Muscat”.
With that posture and facial expression, they can be excused for thinking that he could not possibly be anyone important.
With that body and expression, the press might think he is a funeral crasher.
Joseph Muscat seems to be really struggling to read and understand the contents of the booklet.
Cannot agree more. Some of us seem not to have made it to “homo sapiens” evolution stage.
I suppose some of us are stuck in the australopitechus phase of evolution.
He could have done with a quick visit to the nearby Cradle of Humankind park. It shows how much humans have evolved, well some of us anyway.
What the hell’s going on with Joey’s face, though?
He is probably fuming that he has been left out of the official list of dignitaries.
‘My name is Joseph Muscat and I am the prime minister of Filfla.’ Less harm done to Malta.
‘They don’t know who I am’.
Not much of a good omen. He will stamp his feet harder.
The “turd”. Brilliant.
Am I correct in stating that to Joseph Muscat’s left there were Chelsea Clinton, Hilary Clinton and Bill Clinton ?
Am I correct in stating that to Joseph Muscat’s left there were the Clintons (Chelsea, Hilary and Bill) ?
Was Joey invited or did he gatecrash?
The more he keeps his mouth shut the less damage he does.
apparently they only listed ” people of calibre”