https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/06/so-much-for-the-concrete-plan/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:34:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/06/so-much-for-the-concrete-plan/#comment-27975 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:34:25 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=2857#comment-27975 Baldrick, can you hear me?

]]> https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/06/so-much-for-the-concrete-plan/#comment-27974 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:08:06 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=2857#comment-27974 This must be their latest fixation. ‘concrete 18 point plan’ about immigration and the concrete 20 point plan mentioned above.

]]> https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/06/so-much-for-the-concrete-plan/#comment-27973 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:23:26 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=2857#comment-27973 What they mean is that they have already crafted a plan to craft a plan that will lead to the crafting of an incredibly crafty plan.

]]> https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2009/06/so-much-for-the-concrete-plan/#comment-27972 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:30:41 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=2857#comment-27972 I think it’s another case of brilliant writing style. What they meant was that the candidates will be working according to a plan which has already been crafted, to use their quaint expression. What they actually wrote is not even a literal translation from Maltese because we say “taħdem skond pjan” not “fuq pjan”. Their English is so abysmal that it is actually interfering in their communications with the public and causing misunderstandings.

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