In Scotland the Muslims have joined Labour. In Malta, this is very unlikely since Muscat’s progressive-cum-dinosaurs party is far right in its political views and having Muslims around will not attract the votes of those who are xenophobic or racists.

Maybe Cyrus and Jason might propose to their model-leader to set up a fejsbuk pejg called Gays for Labour Malta. This will be a great vote catcher.

One example of Joseph’s tendency to gloat on TV was his announcement to the ‘investors willing to put 1billion euros into a power generating plant’.

It turned out to be John Dalli’s proposal. As soon as the discussion got under way and the odds piled up, Joseph retracted, pointing his fingers at the OPM asking whether this was being considered. When the proponents themselves turned onto the defensive, he chickened out, leaving his energy minister to clean up the mess.

Planning, analysis, weighing all factors and taking an informed decision in our name isn’t his forte.

It may sound weird, but he reminds me of Berlusconi, who also served his need to please in the name of popularity. Both seem to confuse consent with media share, and, as we’re witnessing lately, both cannot tolerate any ally they consider a threat to their ego trip.

Mr Manduca is Paul Victor Falzon Sant Manduca.

Good governance depends on two factors: clear political vision, and a competent and hard-working civil service.

The discussion about Labour has so far centred on its lack of political vision.

I feel that it is also important to gauge Labour’s position on the civil service. It is a known fact that senior management in public entities tend to vote Nationalist due to their educational and socio-economic backgrounds.

Labour frequently claims that this is so because they are political appointees: barunijiet, hbieb tal-hbieb, klikek, oligarkija – we’ve heard it all over the past 20 years.

The fact that we’ve steered clear from the financial disasters ravaging the rest of Europe is also in large part due to good management of some key authorities and government departments and effective public policy.

I’m not only concerned about who will be sitting around the Cabinet table if Labour is elected, but whether they intend messing up the civil service to appoint less competent public officials in senior positions simply because they declare themselves to be pro-Labour.

They still have a very distinct communist secret service mentality.

Which is why I am not at all surprised that Evarist Bartolo made reference to the secret service.

And there is one NGO which was very close to the Partit Laburista in the recent past, and which is putting repeated pressure on directors of the civil service through the media.

This is most probably unlawful because it amounts to threatening public officers in the exercise of their duty. Pressure may be made on a Minister, but not on the public officers. Where are the institutions?

http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=144654

I was amused by the Emy Bezzina part.

What do you mean ”even people like George Vella …”? Has the guy ever made anything else out of himself?

Never mind Joey, Luciano and Byon Jo.

I have been hoping against hope that there are still a handful of people within the PL who are salvageable.

I am being proved wrong, it seems.

By the way. Yet another “cuc Malti” has been appointed chairman of Prudential in London.

Tonio Fenech, please note.