Dispatches from a parallel universe

Published: July 30, 2011 at 4:46pm

If you want some of those, read Cyrus Engerer’s Facebook wall. Here’s the latest:

Just came back from the Labour Party’s summer BBQ. Great to meet so many friends all working to bring the much needed change to the country.

Any ‘zalzett mixwi ma’ Joseph’ jokes which come in are going to be deleted.

Even for Labour, this represents a new low in standards.

Mela Joseph Muscat sar ir-regettier tal-politika Maltija, jaghmel il-house clearances?

A party with no integrity led by a leader with no integrity.

If Cyrus Engerer did not do the things he is accused of doing – stealing compromising photographs and emailing them to his ex boyfriend’s employers and colleagues to harm him – then he would have given a press conference or issued a press statement protesting his innocence and vowing to fight to clear his name.

He hasn’t done that, which says a lot. The only protest he’s made is a protest that the charges were leaked to the press, but no protest against the charges themselves.

Joseph Muscat must be hoping Cyrus will get away with it due to some loophole in the law or failure to prove the case, failing which, he’d better start working on Plan B.




15 Comments Comment

  1. MARIO LANZA says:

    Daphne, please can you stop the world for me? I want to get off.

  2. Jack says:

    Well, at least consistency in the love for burgers.

  3. Steve says:

    Drinking bear with Anglu and Joseph, priceless. For everything else there is Mastercard!

  4. dery says:

    The one thing that really disturbs me about the whole Cyrus affair is the vindictiveness. There is a not a so fine line dividing probing into one’s partner’s affairs so that you know where you stand with him/her and using that information to harm the person.

    Come on, who would not be tempted to see what his girl/boyfriend is doing on Facebook or on chat? But a balanced person would only use that info to try and repair any cracks in the relationship.

  5. Interested Bystander says:

    Pass the sickbag.

  6. yor/malta says:

    Shooting one’s own foot is very painful .

  7. H.P. Baxxter says:

    Crikey, he’s even changed his syntax. His status sounds like a soundbite from the grotto.

  8. diamond1 says:

    A couple of months ago I told friends, who are keen followers of Joseph Muscat (as they were of Mintoff, KMB and Sant) that to win the next general election Joseph Muscat only needs to keep his mouth shut. It is very clear that they did not take my advice.

    • 'Angus Black says:

      diamond1, they will never take anybody’s advice because any legitimate advice will always point to scrapping the party and starting all over again.

      And then what will Joseph, Anglu, Toni, Leo, Charlie, Alex. Karmenu, Fredu….etc do with themselves? I have an idea especially now they are so keen on porn, but I am afraid Daphne (prudently) will not print it.

      They are so cocksure.

  9. Paul V Xuereb says:

    The blame war, and they say Malta is different from the United States.

    Well, I rather think the PN has as much to cover as Labour has. This all happened while Cyrus was with the PN, and it was held back while he was still with the PN and then moved forward just as he left.

    [Daphne – Paul, nobody knew about it in the PN except for his lawyer Franco Debono, which is why I said he had and still has a major conflict of interest. Do you honestly think that Lawrence Gonzi would have invited Cyrus to make a keynote speech at the annual general conference if he had known what Cyrus had done? Come on.]

    I honestly believe the PN held the charges back and Labour pushed them forward when Cyrus left.

    Both Guilty

  10. WhoamI? says:

    Ifhem ‘l hawn. Kif qalet Daphne: it was a choice between Labour and no politics.

    And he’d better enjoy the Labour package (no pun intended) as it’ll otherwise be a huge gaping hole for him.

    He played Labour like a violin – which really says something about the “management” of that moviment progressiv, liberali, moderat, antikwat, religjuz, konservattiv, insomma “pick and mix” style.

    Enjoy il-Joseph u il-Nikita issa, Cyrus. Min jaf kif jghajjtulu hemm gew… Toni Abela l-izjed.

  11. ciccio2011 says:

    “Joseph Muscat must be hoping Cyrus will get away with it due to some loophole in the law or failure to prove the case, failing which, he’d better start working on Plan B. ”

    I would reword that as:

    “Joseph Muscat must be hoping Cyrus will get away with it due to some excuse in the law or failure to prove the case, failing which, he’d better start working on Plan B. ”

    This subject is really becoming one big joke.

  12. ciccio2011 says:

    “A party with no integrity led by a leader with no integrity.”

    The last thing one wants when building a brand is to be the subject of ridicule. The Labour Party used to be frightening. Now it is just plain ridiculous.

  13. Stefan says:

    “any zalzett mixwi ma joseph” jokes will be deleted… typical partisan censorship ^_^

  14. Ronnie the Bear says:

    A Labour ‘BBQ’? Sounds like chav hell. What do they do for entertainment when Renato stops twanging and goes back to his closet? Gang-rape Mrs Muscat’s extensive teddy-bear collection for a home porn movie shot by Byon Jo Zammit?

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