Oh my, is that a socialist watch?
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November 23, 2010 at 3:21pm
Joseph Muscat wears a watch with a primary-red face to a discussion about the living wage with the Malta Employers Association.
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Just to match his rosy cheeks while taking a nap.
A perfect pose of someone lost in la-la land.
Daphne where have you been hibernating? I did not expect you to be so ridiculous on your comeback.
Ignorance is bliss
Is that a Rolex, Dr Muscat?
No, it’s a reasonably expensive Tag Heuer. Or a fake one.
No way its a TAG or a Rolex, the braclet is too cheap, probably a gift from Anglu from ‘abroad’
You know, xi haga ghal ‘BOY’
Troy,
Can you share with us how many Rolex watches you may own before you dismiss that watch in picture is not a TAG?
Kif ma xtralux xi Patek il-papa’? Isa Joey irsisti naqra forsi ma tafx kif.
He promised him that if he wins the next general elections
Well, he IS colour blind.
I heard him on TV the other day – the budget discussion: why can’t he learn to pronounce standard Maltese? That red watchface is a no-no. What does he think he’s doing? Who is he trying to impress?
Is he even awake?
I am glad you raised the subject of the living wage once again.
It now sounds like Joseph Muscat is not running for Prime Minister and leader of the government, but for the leadership of a voluntary organisation. In fact, he is proposing that the living wage will be voluntary. Like an optional extra.
As if we vote for a government to promise us a number of voluntary measures.
I, like many others, never took this idea seriously. But the matter is now verging on the farce. Let us not forget how this saga has unfolded.
Joseph Muscat first proposed the concept as if it was his own, calling it novel.
He then realised people have the internet at home (thanks to the PN government, not to successive Labour governments), and that when they google “living wage”, they will find an elementary explanation on Wikipedia, attributing the concept to the Rerum Novarum of the 19th Century (in case Joseph forgot, we are now in the 21st).
So he then described it as a concept proposed by the Church – as if it must be a holy concept!
He then suggested it is a proposal to be studied further.
Now, at a meeting with the MEA, he had to face the anger of those to whom he wanted to shift the social burden which government must carry, while he plans to lead a voluntary services government. So he suggested that if they could come up with alternatives, he would be willing to consider them.
This shifting of the social burden to those who create the wealth is typical of Labour, as manifested in the 1970s and 1980s.
With a red watch like that, I would not be surprised that Joseph Muscat is keen to turn back the time to those dreadful years.
What kind of ‘leadership’ is this?
Divorce: free vote for his group in parliament.
Living wage: it will be voluntary (like turkey on Christmas Day).
what a plonker !
Ir-raqda li raqdet il-living wage espressa f’ wicc Joseph Muscat.
Discussion? He seems to have used his hand as a “forcina” so that his head does not lean forward when he is sleeping. I know…. I used to do this during Sunday’s mass.
Jien smajt li kien jerfa fil-festa ta’ Burmarrad. Jew kien furcina?
Yes so? We all know about his wretched dress sense. What I find disturbing is that he seems bored at a press conference on a subject so dear to his heart… and at least he’s not wearing red socks like
http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/medc_17022009_02.jpg
Flok il-bokla ta’ Duminku Mintoff issa ghandna l-arlogg ta’ Joseph Muscat.
Is he falling asleep at 9.30am?
Young and fresh indeed.
He also seems to have dozed off. And is that a 5 o’clock shadow so early in the day? Probably been up all night trying to make sense out of his ‘living wage’ initiative.
Some two days ago he challenged the Central Bank governor to lead by example and reduce his salary. Can our Joseph sell his watch and help some poor family instead of buying extravagant luxury items?
My friend with comments such as yours no wonder your nick is Gahan!
Isn’t he colour blind?
Well, it’s not only the watch that’s red in the face. Probably, they’re both embarrassed to talk about living wages.
Dak Mrs muscat ghazlitulu?
Shhh! you’ll wake him up.
http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=115799
One hopes that after this conference, the living wage is dead.
In other words Spider spun a web around Joseph. Copying other parties seems to be one of Joseph’s habits.
x’nervi ghandu miskin ..
Tag Heuer F1 edition c. €1,000.
Good taste, Joseph.
That’s a special watch – it is designed to beep loudly and flash bright red to wake him up every time he falls asleep. It doesn’t seem to be very effective though.
Ara veru intom balla hdura u imsieken tidru li intom ta qatta wahda jekk mhux listes persuna kollox sew.
Dak jilbsu biex il-hin ta’ meta ghandu jibda jissikka ic-cintorin jarah sew.
Mr Tardy has a watch!
He kept parliament and his party waiting to become Leader of the opposition, he kept the Prime Minister waiting for a TV debate and kept King Juan Carlos of Spain waiting at the lobby of the Excelsior Hotel.
Joseph’s watch is just an expensive ornament which does not serve its purpose: being punctual for one’s appointments.
My late dad used to make it a point of reminding me regularly that envy is the the worst characteristic of the Maltese people.
If we live in a villa, he used to tell us to put a house number and not a house name in our address. If we got a new car, he used to say that we should park it two blocks from destination. And so on.
Look at your comments………..you simply cannot accept that a person wears a TAG! albeit not an expensive model.
[Daphne – I don’t think anyone is actually jealous of the watch, Kevin. It’s the vulgarity that is at issue here.]
Daphne,
Lets be honest and frank, for sure you must realise a hint of envy in their tone…..they try to hide it but they can’t.
[Daphne – I think (or rather, I know) that most of the people commenting here can more than afford to buy a TAG watch. So no, I don’t.]
He’s beginning his own tradition, but got hold of the wrong brand.
Ma nahsibx li bhalissa il-major issue ta’ pajjizna huwa l-kulur ta’ l-arlogg li jilbes Joseph Muscat.
Do they sell fakes like it on the Monti stalls? I have one which is up to my requirements; it sets its time automatically through some radio signal to the nearest second. Enough is as good as a feast.
I’m always punctual even without a watch. Punctuality means respect towards other people.
Seeing this watch on Joseph’s wrist reminds me of a rich illiterate guy who bought a brand new Jaguar but doesn’t know what its features are let alone how to use them.
Kevin (mhux ta’ Sharon), one thing’s for sure; if he can afford a 1,000 euro watch, or someone gave it to him, we have another John Attard Montalto: a rich person defending the working class.
What’s wrong with being rich and defending the working class? Nahseb tal-pN kollha xi karrakka ta’ karozza jsuqu jekk nsegwu ir-ragunament tieghek.
“What’s wrong with being rich and defending the working class?”
It’s the same wrong with having a large salary and pointing at deficiencies in our economy.
That’s a boomerang!
Dr Muscat was posing as the son of a salesman: “call me Joseph, I’m one of you”. Then he’s exposed for what he really is: born with a silver spoon in the mouth, mhux kif ried jipprogetta ruhu fuq il-palk meta qalilna inhobbu lil DIN.
Ara Gorg Abela veru kien tifel ta’ haddiem tax-xatt (Alla jahfirlu), veru li ivvota favur l-Ewropa u s’issa ma nistax nifhem kif il-Laburisti ma’ tellghux lilu.
Ma’ nafx li Gonzi qattx ipposa ta’ xi fqir – narah li gemma bhal kullhadd. Ma setax ikollu is-silverspoon ta’ figlio unico.