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		By: Ellie		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/06/youve-got-to-be-smart-to-be-labour/#comment-85893</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 03:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/muscat-personal-assistant-head-of-one-news

You do have to smart to be Labour it seems, as Julia Farrugia (who is back from her honeymoon in Madagascar) aptly points out in this &quot;news&quot; item in MaltaToday. Mark Farrugia (Joseph Muscat&#039;s PA and soon-to-be Head of One News) boasts an excellent CV, university qualifications and all, including &quot;an excellent memory for political quotes and soundbites etc..&quot;

And he has been a &quot;journalist&quot; with the Labour party media since the 1980s. My, my now that&#039;s something to be proud of.

And so Muscat will be looking for a new PA soon and we&#039;re told they&#039;ll have to be &quot;Labour since birth&quot;. That&#039;s the partit tal-progressivi, moderni, LGBT etc... for you. I&#039;m only interested in you as long as you give me your vote in 2013. The pjeciri and best jobs are reserved for the lejburisti minn ta zmien is-suldati ta l-azzar.]]></description>
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<p>You do have to smart to be Labour it seems, as Julia Farrugia (who is back from her honeymoon in Madagascar) aptly points out in this &#8220;news&#8221; item in MaltaToday. Mark Farrugia (Joseph Muscat&#8217;s PA and soon-to-be Head of One News) boasts an excellent CV, university qualifications and all, including &#8220;an excellent memory for political quotes and soundbites etc..&#8221;</p>
<p>And he has been a &#8220;journalist&#8221; with the Labour party media since the 1980s. My, my now that&#8217;s something to be proud of.</p>
<p>And so Muscat will be looking for a new PA soon and we&#8217;re told they&#8217;ll have to be &#8220;Labour since birth&#8221;. That&#8217;s the partit tal-progressivi, moderni, LGBT etc&#8230; for you. I&#8217;m only interested in you as long as you give me your vote in 2013. The pjeciri and best jobs are reserved for the lejburisti minn ta zmien is-suldati ta l-azzar.</p>
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		By: John Schembri		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Schembri]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 05:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/06/youve-got-to-be-smart-to-be-labour/#comment-85884&quot;&gt;liberal&lt;/a&gt;.

He’s broke because of his hair transplant. Now he has to pay for his flights and he will be in the red.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/06/youve-got-to-be-smart-to-be-labour/#comment-85884">liberal</a>.</p>
<p>He’s broke because of his hair transplant. Now he has to pay for his flights and he will be in the red.</p>
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		By: ciccio2011		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ciccio2011]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 20:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/06/youve-got-to-be-smart-to-be-labour/#comment-85883&quot;&gt;Issa Daqshekk!&lt;/a&gt;.

Issa Daqshekk:

Insejt il-vjagg b&#039;xejn bil-private jet ta&#039; Muammar f&#039;Awissu 2010, dak li issa ghandu international arrest warrant mahrug mill-ICC.

U immedjatament wara, lejn l-ahhar t&#039;Awwissu, il-holiday b&#039;xejn fuq l-MSC wara dik iz-zelqa fin-niexef fl-August Moon Ball.

Mhux &quot;Issa daqshekk&quot; imma &quot;Issa zzejjed.&quot;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/06/youve-got-to-be-smart-to-be-labour/#comment-85883">Issa Daqshekk!</a>.</p>
<p>Issa Daqshekk:</p>
<p>Insejt il-vjagg b&#8217;xejn bil-private jet ta&#8217; Muammar f&#8217;Awissu 2010, dak li issa ghandu international arrest warrant mahrug mill-ICC.</p>
<p>U immedjatament wara, lejn l-ahhar t&#8217;Awwissu, il-holiday b&#8217;xejn fuq l-MSC wara dik iz-zelqa fin-niexef fl-August Moon Ball.</p>
<p>Mhux &#8220;Issa daqshekk&#8221; imma &#8220;Issa zzejjed.&#8221;</p>
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		By: John Schembri		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/06/youve-got-to-be-smart-to-be-labour/#comment-85890</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Schembri]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/06/youve-got-to-be-smart-to-be-labour/#comment-85887&quot;&gt;Not Tonight&lt;/a&gt;.

He’s like the old man, he bought two second hand cars. Don’t expect him to do otherwise when it comes to Malta’s infrastructure.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/06/youve-got-to-be-smart-to-be-labour/#comment-85887">Not Tonight</a>.</p>
<p>He’s like the old man, he bought two second hand cars. Don’t expect him to do otherwise when it comes to Malta’s infrastructure.</p>
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		By: Dee		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/06/youve-got-to-be-smart-to-be-labour/#comment-85889</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dee]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/06/youve-got-to-be-smart-to-be-labour/#comment-85884&quot;&gt;liberal&lt;/a&gt;.

Mar ghand Pastor  Gordon Manche u ghamillu miraklu.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/06/youve-got-to-be-smart-to-be-labour/#comment-85884">liberal</a>.</p>
<p>Mar ghand Pastor  Gordon Manche u ghamillu miraklu.</p>
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		By: Dee		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dee]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The lanzit, hdura, bigotry , inferiority complex, ghira tal-klassi, and plain ignorance manifested online by  the Labour elves pale in significance  to what gets  insinuated on  ONE radio station by certain presenters and  phone-in callers on a daily basis 24/7 even during the live night radio programmes.

Ever tuned in to  the programme hosted by  the anti-Semitic anti-American Mario Tabone Vassallo, the rabid Mintoffjana Maria Camilleri, the pulita Pauline Miceli, the sly Varist, the repulsive Cuschieri, the occasional Laiviera and such like?

Provare per credere.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The lanzit, hdura, bigotry , inferiority complex, ghira tal-klassi, and plain ignorance manifested online by  the Labour elves pale in significance  to what gets  insinuated on  ONE radio station by certain presenters and  phone-in callers on a daily basis 24/7 even during the live night radio programmes.</p>
<p>Ever tuned in to  the programme hosted by  the anti-Semitic anti-American Mario Tabone Vassallo, the rabid Mintoffjana Maria Camilleri, the pulita Pauline Miceli, the sly Varist, the repulsive Cuschieri, the occasional Laiviera and such like?</p>
<p>Provare per credere.</p>
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		By: Not Tonight		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Not Tonight]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 07:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/06/youve-got-to-be-smart-to-be-labour/#comment-85886&quot;&gt;A Grech&lt;/a&gt;.

If he&#039;s a &#039;qammiel&#039; with himself and his wife, it does not augur well for us at all.  Mintoff was another &#039;qammiel u xahhieh tal-prima klassi&#039; and that&#039;s how he ran the country, sporadically handing out a bit of &#039;cejca&#039; for us to grovel for but mostly leaving us to do without.  However poor the quality, it was &#039;good enough for us&#039;.

Honestly, some people need to travel back in time for a while and relive a month of deprivation before they condemn us all to a repeat.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/06/youve-got-to-be-smart-to-be-labour/#comment-85886">A Grech</a>.</p>
<p>If he&#8217;s a &#8216;qammiel&#8217; with himself and his wife, it does not augur well for us at all.  Mintoff was another &#8216;qammiel u xahhieh tal-prima klassi&#8217; and that&#8217;s how he ran the country, sporadically handing out a bit of &#8216;cejca&#8217; for us to grovel for but mostly leaving us to do without.  However poor the quality, it was &#8216;good enough for us&#8217;.</p>
<p>Honestly, some people need to travel back in time for a while and relive a month of deprivation before they condemn us all to a repeat.</p>
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		By: A Grech		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[A Grech]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Daphne, could it be that Joseph is not a waster like some of the NPers and it&#039;s a good sign that he&#039;ll be careful with our money when he&#039;s our PM?

[&lt;strong&gt;Daphne - No. He doesn&#039;t appear to be careful with money at all. He hasn&#039;t even had to work for what he has, which is always a bad start.]&lt;/strong&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Daphne, could it be that Joseph is not a waster like some of the NPers and it&#8217;s a good sign that he&#8217;ll be careful with our money when he&#8217;s our PM?</p>
<p>[<strong>Daphne &#8211; No. He doesn&#8217;t appear to be careful with money at all. He hasn&#8217;t even had to work for what he has, which is always a bad start.]</strong></p>
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		By: El Topo		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[El Topo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One of the worst cases of bullying in Malta&#039;s recent history.

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110630/local/Finco-takes-offer-but-fights-on.373060]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the worst cases of bullying in Malta&#8217;s recent history.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110630/local/Finco-takes-offer-but-fights-on.373060" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110630/local/Finco-takes-offer-but-fights-on.373060</a></p>
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		By: liberal		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[liberal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If he is broke, how did he get a hair transplant?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If he is broke, how did he get a hair transplant?</p>
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