Comments on: The truth doesn't always prevail

By: Gerald

Gerald — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:08:11 +0000

Reading some of the comments on this post makes one almost believe that Gonzi is some sort of divine being who can solve the country’s problems. And this comes from self styled A1 champagne drinking, social circuit party frequenting liberals!

[Daphne – Actually, Gerald, I can’t stand champagne and I really hate parties unless they’re somewhere other than Malta. There’s very little to be said for going to parties where the only people you see are the same ones you’ve been seeing for the last 40-odd years: from nappies to crutches, with the same faces along the way.]

By: Gerald

Gerald — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:03:34 +0000

Posting articles which attempt to pass for journalism by the self styled EU journalist who bores us daily with his copy and paste reports from Brussels doesn’t exactly lend credibility.

[Daphne – Lend credibility to what, Gerald?]

By: Joseph Micallef

Joseph Micallef — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:30:12 +0000

In reply to Jo. Labour governments were not even good at getting money. They were good at prostituting Malta with some of the worst individuals on the international stage.

By: david farrugia

david farrugia — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:08:23 +0000

Il-giddieb ghomru qasir.

By: Jo

Jo — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:43:32 +0000

Yes, God bless Gonzi because he is for job creation. The Labour governments of the 1970s and early 1980s made Malta ‘rich’ but the people only had “il-korpi” and no real jobs. In fact the so-called ‘salvatur’ of Malta is known to have uttered this famous phrase – “I wish I was as good at creating jobs as I was at getting money.”

By: Chris II

Chris II — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:32:56 +0000

In reply to John II.

In times of recession, inflation helps – in fact the biggest worry in the world at the moment is deflation – that would really spell the end.

Please stop accepting all that the PL leaders state and start thinking, researching and then decide on the subject. There are thousands of articles dealing with inflation, and though they do not agree in all the facts there is at least an agreement on the fact that a mild inflation (<5%) is useful during times of recession.

By: Karl

Karl — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:19:55 +0000

It is evident that Malta performed best in employment despite all the difficulties it had to encounter which is contrary to critism lodged against Gonzi & co. How true it is that empty vessels make most sound. God Bless Gonzi.

By: J Busuttil

J Busuttil — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:15:48 +0000

At the last general election we chose a good pair of hands – Gonzi. And suffice to say the result was the above news. At the EP elections we chose Muscat and remained a hopeless lot especially on the water and electricity tariffs issue. Come on, Joseph, tell us how much you would have added to the 135 million euro on subsidies for 2008.

By: Antoine Vella

Antoine Vella — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:16:49 +0000

In reply to John Lane. John Lane, the statistics confirm, first of all, that recession is hitting all EU members. The PL is unable to continue denying it and now grudgingly admit that it's true. They insist, however, that government has seriously aggravated the situation by its policies. The statistics prove that, if anything, government's policies have shielded us from the worst effects of the recession and Malta is weathering the storm slightly better than any other EU country.

By: Xaghra

Xaghra — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:39:43 +0000

@John Lane
You obviously live on another planet. Just in case you had not noticed yet there is a global recession and facts are facts – Malta has had the best jobs track record. That does not mean we don’t have problems – it simply means we have coped better than most and that is no coincidence.