A 400 Euros splurge for someone who is mkisser bil-kontijiet tad-dawl u l-ilma is pretty impressive. Should we conclude

1) that fleecing the haddiema batuti is alright as long as it pays his salary as union leader?

2) that he’s paid more than the average worker whose union contributions finance his salary?

3) that what he spouts about the discrepancy between workers’ incomes and the cost of living is a load of hogwash?

4) that what he says isn’t a load of hogwash but, you know, a man’s got to live so stuff the bills and let’s hear it for Elton John live in concert?

Enough with the hypocrisy.

I nailed it then

I’ve lived among them and my sweeping comment is more or less correct.

The decent ones among the under-40s are the exception, and I’ve been lucky to know two of them, even though one of them was in daily breach of the law by wearing a hijab in a government institution.

It’s like saying that the Maltese are a fat nation. There are exceptions, but most of us are overweight.

Or saying that blacks are good at sports. It is not racism. I’m not denying them any rights because of their race.

In Dati’s case, Sarkozy made a big show and dance of appointing a petite beurette to one of the country’s top ministries. She was propelled to power on the strength of her racial origin, in a sort of inverse racism which is all the rage in Europe.

Then it turned out she wasn’t so brilliant after all.

Tony’s son is called Elton as a matter of fact. He must be a real fan of Elton John.

Try this URL:

http://uk.babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done&tt=url&intl=1&fr=bf-home&trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdaphnecaruanagalizia.com&lp=nl_fr&btnTrUrl=Translate

It is a workaround that works around many firewalls. Not sure whether or not government firewalls are clever enough to block it.

[Daphne – Gifts? To a union leader? For shame. Korruzzjoni lampanti.]

In any case, what’s the big deal?

He hasn’t been caught with his pants down in an alley and in the company of a transvestite prostitute as you are trying to make it look.

[Daphne – Oh, is that what he does in his spare time? Please tell.]

Just as an aside, I don’t read the L-orrizont and It-Torca. I am not a member of the GWU and nor have I any particular admiration of Tony Zarb.

The tickets could have been supplied by the GWU and so can be classified as fringe benefits which are taxable (as for car, mobile, petrol etc).

It’s called ballast.