Scratch the veneer and you'll find Alfred Sant
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October 6, 2011 at 5:49pm
Exactly who is in charge at the Labour Party?
Yesterday, parliament sought to ratify the European Financial Stability Facility Act by means of a bill brought by the finance minister. The Opposition said it would vote in favour, but former prime minister Alfred Sant, forgetting that he is no longer the party leader, held up parliamentary approval by questioning the “legality of the law”.
Why am I not surprised?
The Labour Party can instruct its followers to wave as many EU flags as they like, but I am about as convinced as I would be by a pig wearing a couple of peacock feathers and calling itself Jason Micallef.
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The ‘wigged wonder’ ambushes the clueless kid.
The problem is that the only one red-faced in that photo is Joseph’s Tag Heur, and it’s not even because of embarrassment or shame.
http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/11/23/oh-my-is-that-a-socialist-watch/
A dastardly insult to all pigs of good repute.
Perhaps Sant is trying to do to Muscat what Mintoff did to him. Must be catching!
There. Prosit. Stick to the petty side of politics and keep that violin smoking. You don’t want to know what’s to come with your beloved euro. And never mind your being held as collateral for the debt union’s bottomless pit.
By the time we’ll be bailing out the bankers and their wankers – which is soon – you’ll even believe that they’re too big to fail and we’re too small to matter. Which means you’ll never understand what Iceland did to recover so fast…
Pepper, anyone?
Kev, what would have happened to the Maltese Lira? Would Sant have backed it up? With what?
What would our economy be like if we did not join the EU?
How many more unemployed would we have lining up for the dole?
What major projects employing thousands would we have afforded?
Would we be experiencing black-outs because LP governments never planned anything ahead? How many arterial roads and village streets would a Labour government have built/re-built/ paved had no EU money been available? How many Maltese would be affording an overseas vac
ation each year? Would we still be driving 1971 cars, all rusted out?
Would our fortifications be left to crumble? While the MLP was good at dismantling (e.g. the lift) would it ever have replaced it or,at least thought of it?
Are these questions petty?
Need I continue, Kev?
Yes, our violin is smoking, all right and it will only cool off when the likes of you and your party act like you resemble a government-in-waiting.
You have waited long enough, you should be used to it by now, but no, your party is still anchored in the 70s and 80s when its only principle was ‘might is right’ and when the ministers chickened out (including the PM) there were always the thugs to carry out the dirty work.
Whichever rut you’re stuck in, Angus Black, it’s parochial and narrow. This is useless since our money masters are located elsewhere. You’d need to identify what instruments of power and control are being applied by whom, and how these affect us all.
Climbing this mountain from the rut you’re is next to impossible. So it’s best to keep to hypothetics and partisan BS where you definitely excel. Don’t expect any hints from me – it’s like teaching thermodynamics to a shrew.
I’m ready to follow you to the gates of hell itself, kev. But you’re all talk and no action. Tell us what we should do. Give us a plan of action. Give me orders, and I will follow them or die trying.
Ever thought of sticking your finger in the pie? With such amazing insight into the future, you’ve a competitive edge no hedge fund manager can match.
La Redoute, why hello! How’s your knitting doing these days?
Kev,
I prefer your tone on Maltatoday. It’s not as hermetic.
But if that’s your style here, guess who was photographed at the Bohemian Grove.
Sitting next to Ronald Reagan.
Well, it couldn’t have been Nancy, that’s for sure.
As for my tone, that’s very observant of you, Jozef. It’s because I have little patience with unknowing idiots. Especially the ‘educated’ ones that inhabit these spaces.
Love the photo, it captures the essence of the PL.
‘If we want everything to remain the same, we must change everything.’
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.