Come on, Joseph and Edward: tell us how you plan to do this

Published: January 25, 2012 at 2:46pm

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has just announced that a halt in Iran’s oil exports may push oil prices up by 20 to 30 per cent.

I hope some reporter has the common sense to pick up the telephone right now and ring Joseph Muscat and Edward Scicluna to find out how they plan to honour their commitment to lower the price of electricity and water to the consumer while paying up to 30 per cent more for their oil.

In the ordinary course of events, I would suggest they ask Joseph and Edward whether they have a contingency plan for any escalation in oil prices because of problems with Iran.

But a contingency plan presupposes a plan. And as we know already, there isn’t one.

I would avoid ringing Anglu Farrugia, as they will only get the reply Lou Bondi got in front of a major television audience:

‘Minhiex tekniku, imma cara daqs il-kristall.’




8 Comments Comment

  1. maryanne says:

    As far as I know they were promising to halve the bills and not just lower them. Incidentally, it’s been a while since they mentioned the W&E bills. Will they be changing tune?

  2. TROY says:

    Maybe Joseph can ask his ‘nanna laburista’ for guidance.

  3. ciccio says:

    Plan B: Labour will send AST to sign a secret Treaty with Iran. AST believes that foreign policy must feed into the budget.

    Plan A: Labour has no such thing as plan A.

  4. Ignazio Fenech says:

    Talk about being led by the blind… he couldn’t even answer one of the questions – disgusting!

  5. Holland says:

    Joseph and Edward? JEDWARD.

  6. Angus Black says:

    Why not ask Joe Mizzi instead?

    He knows where the oil is.

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