Comments on: The ruddy peasants do it again

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:08:20 +0000

These people think they know everything and won’t take advice.
Ghal gol hajt, man.

By: Corinne Vella

Corinne Vella — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:26:11 +0000

Michelle Muscat is not someone I know personally but she seems to be a very nice person, so for her sake I do wish someone would take her aside to explain the implications of her inappropriate behaviour. Even if her trip was sponsored by someone with an agenda, rather than by HSBC Cares For Children Fund, exploiting sick children for the sake of publicity doesn’t make her look good in the circles that really count.

Perhaps Mrs Muscat’s advisers should back off a little and allow the image consultant to manage her own image and behaviour properly. Given some breathing space, I’m sure she’d realise that she comes across as someone who is trying to upstage the prime minister’s wife rather than as someone who plays a positive role of her own

By: Bob The Builder

Bob The Builder — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 07:29:11 +0000

@Amanda Mallia: Meglio soli che mal accompagnati!

Daphne: are you sure she invited herself? I just can’t believe she had the nerve to do it! Jaqq! immaginaha jekk jirbah l-elezzjoni x taghmel mela!

[Daphne – Yes, I’m sure. She got her go-between Norman Hamilton to wangle it.]

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:40:25 +0000

The MLP media are not used to having a leader’s wife, because it’s the first time they have one.They are a bit carried away with it. I m 43 years old and never remember that they had one. Michelle always looks like “Look I’m here!” on tv. She looks very artificial and tasteless when it comes to clothes. We can remind Michelle that she is married to Zero 2.

By: Amanda Mallia

Amanda Mallia — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:30:00 +0000

Maybe “they” are intent on shoving her in the public eye because they’re so pleased with the “smarmy happy couple” image they can finally portray after:

1) Mintoff + the wrong Mrs Mintoff (with no insult meant to Moyra Mintoff – his wife – who was such a polite, soft-spoken woman)

2) KMB the ghazeb

3) the Sant + daughter-with-no-mother-in-sight-except-at-this-election combo

By: eve

eve — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:21:19 +0000

It made headlines on One News, you know! That “Mrs Michelle Muscat” was ‘invited’ to this event.

By: Corinne Vella

Corinne Vella — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:41:50 +0000

Ethel: What half the population thinks (or even what the whole population thinks) is irrelevant to the matter of whether a current or prospective government can handle protocol correctly or redress its lack of knowledge in the area.

By: J Grima

J Grima — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:08:53 +0000

@Sybil

Unfortunately yes, they do have a lot of influence on this darn rock.

Just go through the comments on timesofmalta.com

When Muscat went to Libya for this or that reason, some comments said something along the lines of “Harr Harr Ghuddafee thrusts Muscat more than Gonzi. Resign!” (sic)

By: Ethel

Ethel — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:44:46 +0000

@ Corinne
They ‘win’ limelight but that is essentially all they care about – being in the news ! I agree with your reasoning regarding protocol but do you really think that half the population of Malta really understands or cares about protocol – unfortunately

By: Moggy

Moggy — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:39:27 +0000

[Ethel – You are right Corinne but they are going ahead with this attitude and will continue to do so. They do not care what people say. The idea is to be in the limelight at all costs even at the expense of appearing ridiculous. I guess it is a case of ‘who dares, wins’ ?]

I do not think that such misguided behaviour wins one anything in the end. What it certainly does is turns people off. The more they do this sort of thing, the further people will be antagonised. They had better start caring what people think and say. After all, as well as being a matter of correct protocol, this is a matter of sheer good manners.