No respect

Published: December 20, 2014 at 5:10pm

The Labour Party has set up its Redtouch phone stall near the flights of stairs just inside city gate, adding some trademark shabbiness and spoiling the look.

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46 Comments Comment

  1. Issa Daqshekk says:

    I thought it was a mobile toilet of some sort.

  2. C. Schembri says:

    Vote Labour, get Labour

  3. H.P. Baxxter says:

    And the Peruvian panpipe-playing megatroupe opposite, and the noise from the Red Touch sound system, and the Red Touch intervisti ‘Maltin’ mal-poplu, and the stinking old tramps urinating on Piano’s steps (the Yellow Garage, literally elevated), and the hawkers selling tat from the bus station all the way to Piazza Regina, and Celine Dion getting one up the hoop from Bocelli…

  4. canon says:

    One thing is sure. They do it on purpose.

  5. Mark Vassallo says:

    To be honest, when I first heard them being advertised on the radio or TV a few years ago, I thought it was a spoof add, as I could have sworn that they were advertising “Raċanċ Phone”.

    The advert was in Maltese and I wasn’t expecting the product to have an English name, so my brain sought out the closest Maltese word.

  6. vanni says:

    U iwa, b’daqshekk, mhux xorta.

    Dak ghax in-Nazzjonalisti ma ghandhomx kjosk, ghax kieku hekk kienu ghamlu.

    Meta konntu fil-gvern Austin kien ghamel hekk ukoll (sorry Austin, you are the perennial bogey man as far as Labour are concerned).

    And that is how the other half and a bit of the Maltese think.

  7. Painter says:

    Who the hell still uses Redtouch?

  8. Alexander Ball says:

    What kind of permit do you need to set up a stall there?

  9. Tania says:

    You ain’t seen nothing yet. Just wait until the Monti relocates to a few metres away from the Parliament building

  10. sharon says:

    I always understood them as saying ‘rettacc’, as in ‘tar-rettacc’ when i finally saw it written i then also grasped the #facepalm emoticon!

  11. drinu says:

    Wait until the ‘monti’ stalls are permanently set-up just after the new parliament building – they are doing their best to ridicule Piano’s masterpiece.

  12. Mila says:

    Shoddy is their name and shoddy is their game.

    This is where shoddy statesmanship has got us:

    ”Malta interfering in Libya’s affairs – charge d’affaires Mr Misurati states.” TOM

    Perhaps the government would care to explain how this came about in plain language rather in the cryptic DOI release it has issued so far. The date when Mr. Misurati was accepted as charge d’affaires is also of interest to the Maltese public.

    http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20141220/local/malta-interfering-in-libyas-affairs-charge-daffaires.549022

    http://www.gov.mt/en/Government/Press%20Releases/Pages/2014/December/17/PR142956.aspx

  13. bob-a-job says:

    Remember 1897 when Malta was rid of the Labour Party.

    Well this time round it may be even sweeter.

    Meanwhile we got rid of Arriva at a 10,000,000 euro annual subsidy so that in January we’ll introduce Autobuses de Leon for a 23,000,000 euro annual subsidy and an inferiour service.

    Enjoy Autobuses de Branca Leon

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjtAqOQthc4&feature=youtu.be

  14. bob-a-job says:

    I meant 1987 actually

  15. Freedom5 says:

    Where shall I start?

    1) hot air re MOU with Azerbaijan

    2) defending Azerbaijan’s democratic credentials

    3) boasting about SOCAR’s credentials – no mention of Gasol’s

    4) diplomacy at its best about Dubai, which has invested very significantly in Malta from Go to SmartCity

    5) Shanghai Electric Power, but the contract remains a mystery

    6) insular mentality about jobs for the Maltese rather than the multiplier effect of EU citizens working here

    7) mentions his outriders but no mention of children’s escort to school or wife shopping.

    All in one fell swoop of a speech:

    http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/47656/we_visited_azerbaijan_to_open_up_road_with_emerging_energy_company__muscat#.VJW5WcoAIA

    • Issa Daqshekk says:

      You missed out on the Finance Minister this morning on ONE radio defending the gong given to the Saudi Prince on the grounds that it isn’t our place to question how they repress, I mean, run their kingdom (and disregard human rights), because money is money.

      So much for the moderate, liberal and most femminist government Malta ever had.

  16. seksieka says:

    X’tistenna minn dal-qabda nies injoranti u bla kultura li jmexxu lill-pajjiż.

  17. Jozef says:

    Horror vacui was never more auto-referential.

    Compare with this,

    http://www.viva.org.mt/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/zieme2.jpg

    It is a certainty they will not do away with the shacks littering the old terminus, and if anyone had to suggest pruning the gigantic trees obscuring the sense of place, we’d get another Gozo incident.

    But what really gets the biscuit is the row of site offices acting as drivers’ mess plonked a couple meters away from the Tritons’ fountain. The one they used as a ramp for some daredevil act, vandalising that piece.

    Bieb il-Belt jibqa’ kif kien, mandra, ghax hekk nafuh. Dik hi l-memorja tal-pajjiz.

    Jekk Muscat qed jaqra, jista’ jekk joghgbu jifhem li dal-mazz ukoll f’idejh. Se jidher biss ta’ dak li rrovina progett billi ma komplihx.

    Kien hemm certu Dom Mintoff li ghamel l-istess bit-teatru u bil-bieb ta’ qabel dan.

    Il-vizzju hemm jibqa.

  18. Stephen says:

    U imbaghad jibqaw iccassati meta immoru Baku, ghax ta’ barra dejjem ahjar. Ta’ wara l-muntanji ta’ veru.

  19. Banana republic ... again says:

    Bieb il-belt taghna lkoll

  20. c. fenech says:

    Dear Daphne, you are very fortune to have so many silly admirers in your block, just carry on like this and the PN will never be in Government again.

    [Daphne – Blog.]

  21. Mila says:

    Remember all the denials and indignations when the George Abela and his special treatment of Darleen Zerafa story broke? Well, guess what? Those who foretold that there was a guaranteed place for Ms Zerafa in a progect paid for by public money were right. Of course she was so very, very lucky to be seconded to a job which allowed her to travel to get her qualification while the progect was shaping up. X’kumbinazzjoni!

    ”Home director Darleen Zerafa said that in its first months of operations Dar Kenn Għal Saħħtek provided free care to 15 people suffering from anorexia and bulimia.” TOM

    http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20141220/local/only-8-of-people-suffering-from-eating-disorders-seek-help.549021

    Respect, what respect?

  22. kev says:

    This is a potentially dangerous situation.

    http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-12-20/local-news/Libyan-claims-to-be-the-real-representative-of-the-real-Libyan-government-6736127653

    The Islamists in Tripoli are essentially questioning why Malta is recognising the Tobruk government, the one recognised by the EU, when it should remain neutral (which can only mean providing them with a separate embassy).

    Neutrality is of course out of the question because by all definitions we form part of a political union and our foreign minister can only reflect EU foreign policy.

    The question is, can George Vella handle this hot potato, especially given that the Tobruk government hardly controls Tobruk let alone the rest of the country?

    And as an afterthought, wasn’t all this clearly foreseen?

    No, not by you lot, who followed the magician’s right hand, obsessed as you were with seeing Gaddafi’s downfall (Tunnel vision? Ticcajta!).

    It was foreseen by all those that knew who and what is behind the so called ‘Arab Spring’ and what the real aims are.

    But when it comes to global politics, you lot are as out of depth as George Vella is: add in the details and your eyes glaze over like those of a dead rabbit. It’s like explaining higher mathematics to someone who thinks it all ends with long division.

    Or better still, Plato’s Cave revisited: http://youtu.be/_dlmsULpgjI

    • rjc says:

      Don’t worry, George Vella won’t need to worry. He’s being replaced by Manuel Mallia. He’ll sort it out, OK siehbi.

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