Choice quotes from the Why We Lost report
Published:
May 27, 2008 at 12:30am
- “Labour seemed to think that it would win by default, because the polls showed that people wanted a change. This meant that the party never bothered to find out what sort of change people wanted.”
- Alfred Sant decided “he didn’t need to talk through the opinion polls unless there was something that didn’t square with what the party was ‘feeling’ during the campaign.”
- When Super One reporters “stuck their microphones into the faces of Nationalist politicians” they came across as aggressive harassers and this “eroded the party’s credibility with floaters and particularly with the youth vote.” This was especially the case when students were criticised by Super One news after the university debate.
- Labour columnists writing for The Times and The Malta Independent demonstrated “lack of writing skills and an inability to put forward an argument, and this reinforced negative perceptions of Labour protagonists.”
- “Electors who had never voted Labour asked themselves how they could possibly do so when the party appeared to have no control over its executive members, even at the highest level” – a reference to Alfred Sant
- Sant’s re-election in 2003 “did away with the party’s sense of security and confidence.” His reinstatement was viewed as “an act of sabotage against the party”, and over time, the atmosphere of resentment developed into a black comedy of suspicion and paranoia.”
- Sant “did not have the strength or moral authority to stop the rot”.
- At the university debate and at the PBS studios confrontation with Pullicino Orlando, Sant was seen as “weak, running away from confrontation and losing control of the situation.”
- Sant always appeared in public with a group of the party’s highest officials and never alone, giving a confused impression as to who was really leading the party.
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Will the MLP be making better omelettes after June 5th?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgGE3VH_LpE
But didn’t the MLP always tell us that they are ready for the election, “tigi meta tigi”?
@DM – yes, because they thought they would win by default. Stennew il-bajtra taqa go halqhom.
And I am sure Doctor Angelo Farrugia is disappointed that no reference to the “hundreds” of votes illegally bought was made in the report!
Lately hearing Michael Falzon and others criticizing this report, I was latterly disgusted to hear that they did not say nothing earlier because they are ‘Loyal’ to the party! .i.e. overtime hour with hour, reception class, renogotiating the EU accesstion etc etc .. what? … so you all labour big heads where all ready take control of the country irrespective if your political agenda you had would have brought this country into crisis! … so by being ‘loyal’ to the leader and party is enough for you all .. but political people should first be ‘LOYAL to the COUNTRY’ and not otherwise! SHAME ON YOU ALL! Thanks alot God that we voted our minds!