Comments on: Mario Philip and The People

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:24:54 +0000

Why not just halve the number of MP’S and immediately double their existiting space in the beautiful palace. Re design the awful parliament chamber and use the millions saved by not building a completely unnecessary new parliament and investing in a genuine rehabilitation of Valletta to its former glory. As for the roofless theatre, I think it’s a fantastic idea for a Mediterranean climate like ours and the city gate plans are “simply the best”.

By: Fanon

Fanon — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:45:02 +0000

In reply to embor.

That’s one of the best articles I’ve read on the Times in quite some time. At last, a writer who injects some of their character into their writing!

No huge fan of the Piano project as it currently stands, but the less said about Mario Azzopardi’s ideas, the better.

By: embor

embor — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:01:36 +0000

In reply to Adrian Buckle. Just to be clear: Did each and every signatory get to see the letter before he/she gave his/her endorsement?

By: mc

mc — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:58:34 +0000

In reply to Hmmm. Yes, a stunt by Mario Philip intended to get the attention focused onto him. There is no better way to get free publicity.

By: Adrian Buckle

Adrian Buckle — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:40:20 +0000

In reply to embor.

Dear embor,

“It has been said that the signatories to the petition received an email with just two or three lines and that they never got to see the actual letter until it was published in The Times. Is this true?”
Answer: No.

By: embor

embor — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:54:48 +0000

In reply to jack. It seems Malta has more than its fair share of jesters. I was shocked by the number of people who claimed on timesofmalta.com that they (or any other Tom, Dick or Harry) can produce better designs then Piano. These comments came from people who probably never drew anything in their life let alone designed a building.

By: embor

embor — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:48:20 +0000

Please allow me to put two questions to Adrian Buckle (1 of the 128 artists who signed the petition):

It has been said that the signatories to the petition received an email with just two or three lines and that they never got to see the actual letter until it was published in The Times. Is this true?

If so, can you please reproduce what this short note said?

By: embor

embor — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:22:09 +0000

In reply to Hmmm. This is an excellent opinion piece by Mark-Anthony Falzon which shows just how ridiculous Mr. Azzopardi’s idea of getting funds from "the people” really is. The views expressed by Mr. Azzopardi’s, including his comments on timesofmalta.com, show him to be a pompous, patronising and arrogant person. [Daphne - He has no sense of humour, irony or self-deprecation. To me, that says everything I need to know about a person, and this is usually that they are far less intelligent than they think they are.]

By: CFB

CFB — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:10:24 +0000

If the artists want a place so much (as what we have isn’t good enough for them) why don’t they buy a piece of land and build it themselves?

By: Twanny

Twanny — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:04:02 +0000

In reply to John Azzopardi. Where do you get the strange notion that Gonzi, with his 1,500-vote 'majority' obtained by dodgy means, has a mandate to build a gorilla cage at City Gate? [Daphne - At least he does have a mandate to govern, Twanny, unlike Joseph Muscat, who is busy trying to govern from his seat in the Opposition, when even that seat was sequestered off a naive, trusting, gullibel chump who was democratically elected, unlike Muscat. Why do you think they homed in on Joseph Cuschieri? Because he was the weakest link. Every other Labour MP would have shown him a finger if he came asking for their seat. You criticise Gonzi for his 1,500 majority, when your leader wasn't even elected by The People. That's arrogance for you.]