Yup, the Maltese have all united in opposition to this project, and there they all were marching in their hundred(s?) behind her during an awe inspiring protest/ pastizzata in Valletta.

By the way, so sorry, couldn’t make it on the day. I’m confident my presence would have upped the kotra enormi by all of 1%.

I would have mentioned Guy Fawkes. Not a knight, but he was sick of the charades and attention-whoring by MPs and wanted to blow up the whole lot. Piano’s genius is to have our building on stilts. Saves us all the tunnelling, eh?

Tim, you refer to that metal pylon in the middle of Paris, which is about 320 metres high. Did you not notice the fuss made here about a 3-metre colonna mediterranea in a non-central place called Luqa?

Isaac Newton, the one who studied the concept of gravity, was an English knight – though he had no relation neither with the order of St John nor with Valletta. Maybe Astrid and her friends mentioned this English knight to Nick Squires in connection with something like “jaqa’ il-Gvern” perhaps when discussing the Piano Parliament?

@jomar
“…he clearly understood everything…”
Like, as HP Baxxter noted above, that Valletta is a medieval gem. You have to have a wide oesophagus to swallow that one.

I’d also like to ask Astrid, who says “Maltese fireworks are not just colour and light like in the rest of Europe, they are massive bangs, almost bombardments. It’s like being under siege and it happens every weekend” just why she and the FAA haven’t held any protest marches against what she terms ‘bombardments’ which are far more harmful to the environment than a new parliament building.

Even when I lived in Malta, I rarely went to Valletta more than once or twice a year, so, if it really is so terrible, I’m sure I could avert my gaze for a couple of minutes as I pass by and that would deal with the problem. Fireworks, on the other hand are a widespread, persistent plague which do no good and cause untold stress to many many people and animals and are a cause well worth fighting.

It’s pretty obvious that there is no way the FAA will go marching into Lija, Gharghur or Zejtun with a huge banner saying ‘Le ghall-murtali’ during festa week. That would take some guts.

So, our brave defenders of the environment are content to do nothing and remain ‘under siege’ ‘every weekend’.

Well, I do not know if the reallocation of the shops and tenants is even possible or legal but it would make much more sense if all of the 60s eyesore would be part of new project.