Comments on: Let’s have a discussion about this

By: Meerkat :)

Meerkat :) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:35:41 +0000

When the love affair ends between the MLP and AD this will be the AD’s campaign poster for 2013

http://www.jameshumphreys.co.uk/images/gp_poodle.jpg

That’s Harry’s hand…it slimmed down after filling in 37 VAT receipts.

By: lino

lino — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:19:54 +0000

G. Grima,
I agree with your posting 100/cent.

By: kagemusha

kagemusha — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:42:36 +0000

To all Blues, Reds & off Whites, to them and us, us and them, Happy Easter…
I will be cheering all, over a pint + of beer….and beer is serious stuff. Alongside with dogs it’s one of the most faithful friends humans have. Together they never let us feel down. This was one of Bernard Shaw’s perceptions, of life.
Cheers Bernard…and you Daphne

By: Brian*14

Brian*14 — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 06:38:29 +0000

I too, like Peter M formed part of the circa 23000 voters (1) in the hope AD would get a seat in EP and (2) in appreciation of the fact that AD’s stance in 2003 enhanced our chances of joining the EU.
The end result – AD will most probably never ever get my vote again, thank you very much.

G Grima: I share your thoughts and you’re absolutely right. Back in ’76 coming out of church one evening, I witnessed the burning of a particular PN club (there were many as you well know), a scene I will carry with me for the rest of my life. I was only 14.

By: G. Grima

G. Grima — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:31:27 +0000

AD started off as a pressure group. It also owes its origin to disenchanted Labourites who wanted to clean up the MLP (some have returned). The MEP elections were a one off.Probably next year they will garner less votes. Labourites and Nationalists will close ranks and vote for their party rather than AD next time round. AD committed Hara-kiri in dropping its mask and shooting all cannons at PN, whilst using kids gloves with MLP. They need a REAL leadership change and a policy rethink. What the man in the street wants is to get along in life, educating his kids in peace(when I was a college sixth former between 1980-1982 peace and opportunities were the last things on our minds), having moderate comforts, and earning a decent and honest living. What we do not need are unstable or aggressive governments, crazy policies and weird experiments with our way of life. So please AD, do some honest soul searching; MLP please elect a decent leadership for the country’s sake and apologize for the evil 70s and 80s, and PN continue listening to the people’s wishes.

By: David Buttigieg

David Buttigieg — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:56:46 +0000

Actually I agree, his letter made a lot of sense. The last Sliema council elections I was still registered there (I am Sliema born and bred and proud of it but I now live in Rabat) and decided that on a local level the more voices the better so I gave him a high vote, especially since he seems to be doing a good job on the council.

Goes to prove that this elections AD were simply obsessed with getting elected, no matter the cost

By: Corinne Vella

Corinne Vella — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:36:06 +0000

Brian*14: Michael Briguglio did say all this to the party before the elections. He says so in his penultimate paragraph. As possibly the only party person with a background in sociology and politics, he is possibly the best qualified person in AD to speak about the party’s social relevance and political role. He says he was ignored. That says a lot about AD.

By: C. Cauchi

C. Cauchi — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:15:25 +0000

“However, I did not go public as I did not wish to harm the party.”

So Mr. Briguglio was willing to compromise his principles out of loyalty to his party?

How about some loyalty to his fellow citizens?

[Moderator – I think what he meant was that going public would have done more harm than good at the time.]

By: my name is Leonard but my son calls me Joey

my name is Leonard but my son calls me Joey — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:47:09 +0000

In my opinion, AD’s leadership was wrong to push the koalizzjoni idea, given that if this were to happen it was always going to be on a David – Goliath scale size-wise. As Mike Brigulio points out, the Maltese want stability. It’s no use harping on about coalition governments in Europe. We are essentially conservative people, generally averse to change, even when this is for the obvious better, and for us, a koalizzjoni involving a minor party is scary. Period.

The strategy was wrong, and it’s not surprising that after a adopting a similar one, i.e. negative, with a lot of noise and threats, AD ironically finds itself in the same boat as the hunting lobby. This was AD’s big chance – no critical issues, such as that of EU membership, and attention focussed on things such as transparency, good governance, an efficient administration, the environment and so on. And yet, thousands preferred not to collect their voting document, not go out to vote, or even go to the polling station and deliberately spoil their vote, rather than vote for AD. This is where, in my opinion the questions need to start. Up till the early 70s the PN was a party that mainly appealed to the church types, lawyers and businessmen. Today it’s unrecognizable (even if more remains to be done). The MLP still needs to go through a change. Again ironically, AD, which should be the most progressive of the parties, is the one that has moved forward the least since its inception.

By: Phaedra Giuliani

Phaedra Giuliani — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:06:35 +0000

@ Brian*14
‘Can someone please explain what propelled AD to go all-out against the government on essentially every issue?’
AD thought it was a Lion (no, not tal-Bidla, imma tal- Koalizzjoni) – but it turned out to be a Pussy cat.
I did … I did tee a pootty tat!
(With apologies to Warner Brothers)