Comments on: Tkellem bil-Malti u Malta ghal Maltin

By: paul borg

paul borg — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:55:33 +0000

we are going to govern the country in 3 years time and we show gonzi pn how we govern our country under labour under our beloved leader joseph muscat

By: John C

John C — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 18:57:11 +0000

Joseph Muscat has an interesting dilemma now – does he copy Ed Miliband which will inevitably shift his ideology further to the left (but hey, better some ideas than no ideas at all) or does he stick to his attempt to appear centrist but have to come up with ideas of his own?

By: Hypatia

Hypatia — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 21:18:50 +0000

@Anthony: I am not sure why you describe Laski as “notorious”. Perhaps your grandfather, in his time, was led to believe that the Left is all evil – just speculation on my part.

Laski’s legacy is not all that negative albeit not immune from criticism. He was a member of the Fabian Society for a long time in the period between the two world wars.

Fabians did not believe in revolutionary reform but in a gradual one. They had quite an influence on the UK Labour Party and Mintoff (in his early days) may have had some contact with them. I believe the society is still active today and is affiliated with the UK Labour Party.

By: Hypatia

Hypatia — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 21:10:01 +0000

@abc: in fact, Marks is a variant of Marx, a well-known Ashkenazi Jewish name.

By: Hypatia

Hypatia — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 21:06:54 +0000

If Ed Miliband is ever PM, he will be the second Jewish one. As is well-known, Benjamin Disraeli (though a baptised Anglican) was of Jewish descent.

His ancestors had migrated to Britain long before. They may have been Italian Sephardic Jews, according to some accounts.

By: abc

abc — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 16:04:25 +0000

John F. Marks, one of the Malta Labour Party’s prominent figures, was the son of a Jewish immigrant.

By: Pravilno

Pravilno — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:07:03 +0000

In reply to Bob G. George Borg Olivier, born in 1911, became Prime Minister of Malta at the age of 39 in 1950. Moreover, in 1939, when he was still 28 years old, he was one of three PN representatives elected to the Council of Government until 1945. In 1947, at the age of 36, he became Deputy Leader of the PN.

By: Not Tonight

Not Tonight — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 13:32:51 +0000

In reply to Bob G. And the least mature. I feel depressed already.

By: Bob G

Bob G — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 13:19:56 +0000

What Joseph Muscat needs now is a tan.

[Daphne – I was just thinking that: how ironic it is that the Labour Party despises dark people (though not Toni Abela) and admires Muscat because he is ‘gingeRRRR’, then along comes Ed Miliband in the land of ‘eeeee, qisu Ingliz’ and throws Labour’s petty racists into confusion.]

By: ciccio2010

ciccio2010 — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 11:56:39 +0000

In reply to ciccio2010.

I found this article quite interesting.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/bagehot/2010/09/ed_miliband_0