Suor Bartolo throws a wobbly
Evarist Bartolo is cross because Malta Today somehow got hold of the particulars of Labour Party delegates. This allowed the newspaper to ring them and canvass their opinion on who should be the new leader. Ev is cross, he says, because the delegates are now exposed to vindictiveness, and besides, their opinion has been conditioned by the result of that survey.
I think it’s not concern for the welfare of delegates that has made Ev so upset, but the fact that in this survey, he trailed in last. His survey position was pretty much that of the tin-cans hauled behind a car with the words Just Married sprayed on the windscreen. And there are no prizes for guessing who streamed in first and who was a far second.
Ev has only himself to blame. One minute he’s passing himself off as Suor Bartolo on some television discussion programme. The next minute he’s parading about the streets dressed like tal-Muzew. And every time he opens his mouth to pass a remark or reply to a question, I expect his sentences to be punctuated with a Hisssssssss like Kaa the talking snake in Disney’s The Jungle Book.
His latest pearls of wisdom are that if Labour brains work together carefully (chance would be a fine thing), they can truncate the life of this government – Hissssss! – which has stolen – Hissssss! – the election with a campaign based on lies and favours, and which continues to govern incompetently and arrogantly. Hissssss!
Stolen the election, Ev? I understand that you teach at the university, and one of the first things you’re supposed to teach your students is the importance of looking at things objectively. You’re damned lucky that not one of your students has the nerve to ask you to explain – Hisssssss! – how, in your view, the Nationalist Party stole this election. But you never know, one of them might, so you had better begin marshalling your evidence in case you end up looking an even bigger fool than you do now.
Maybe Ev thinks of it as stolen ghax kien it-tern ta’ Elfrid, jahasra miskin, wara li tilef tnejn wara xulxin u hatfulu r-referendu. Or maybe Ev thinks it was stolen because the Nationalist Party is characterised by the way in which it inspires blind faith and obsession in its legions of poorly educated supporters, who believe everything they are told and can’t think for themselves – unlike Labour Party delegates.
Arrogant and incompetent? If those words bring anything at all to mind, it’s the man who stood up in parliament last week and reminded us why we stampeded to rid ourselves of him in 1998. And – yawn! – he’s still here, trying to convince us, like a L’Oreal advertisement, that he’s worth it.
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Considering that EB was a member on the first Board ta’ Vigilanza u Dixxiplina as was constituted by the general conference 1988/89 it would be good if he were to tell all on what criteria and procedures it functions and maybe even give his interpretation of what went on when AS was elected instead of LS.
“Labour brains work together carefully” What brains! Their only wish is to bring the government down.
Whilst listening to the news on Super 1 this morning, I noticed something quite odd. They seem to be giving leadership contenders equal space and coverage but whenever Dr Michael Falzon, Dr George Abela or Marie Louise Coleiro Preca (phew!!) are mentioned they are referred to by their last names viz Falzon, Abela or Coleiro Preca whilst Dr Joe Muscat is always referred to as Dr Joe Muscat. What does this say?
[Moderator – Can’t you see? It’s ‘Dr Alfred Sant’ version 2.0.]
It seems to me that varist has double personalities. On media that have a dominant ‘floater’ followship, like the times and bondi+, he speaks diplomatically and admits openly that the Labour administartion led by Alfred Sant failed miserablyand that a revolution in thinking and approach is needed to become electable again.
Then, whenever he is on media that is mainly followed by die-hards and delegates, like smash and super1, he invents these conspiracy theories and speaks as if no changes are needed, MLP is not in government simply because it was robbed victory and that he is the best contender to continue building on what Sant left because he is the only one that has minesteral experience under PM Sant.
[Moderator – There’s a word for that: demagoguery.]
Yes i have also noticed that when super one talks about joe muscat they refer to him as DOCTER JOE MUSCAT.The emphasis is on DOCTER and not DOCTOR.Also has any one noticed that JM is holding most of his talks at the MFCC in TA’QALI at night where one has to dress up for the occasion.MF and MLCP have twice visited some monti or other mixing up with the common folk?
Trussssssssssssssssssst in meeeeeeeeeee.
Ev the Sssssssssssnake
MFCC costs a bomb. I wonder who’s picking up the bill.
[Moderator – What’s with all the Jennifers?]