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		By: Harry Purdie		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Harry Purdie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2012 20:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/06/franco-debono-hasnt-done-much-for-ads-chances/#comment-267453&quot;&gt;kev&lt;/a&gt;.

Kevvy still exists? That&#039;s very bad news. I thought he had folded all the clothes and gone to bed.

His persistence is admirable, (somewhat). And I love his motto: &#039;Think &#039;big&#039;, act &#039;small&#039;, love yourself, be stupid.&#039;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/06/franco-debono-hasnt-done-much-for-ads-chances/#comment-267453">kev</a>.</p>
<p>Kevvy still exists? That&#8217;s very bad news. I thought he had folded all the clothes and gone to bed.</p>
<p>His persistence is admirable, (somewhat). And I love his motto: &#8216;Think &#8216;big&#8217;, act &#8216;small&#8217;, love yourself, be stupid.&#8217;</p>
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		By: Bob		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2012 18:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[At least they are honest about the truth.  Now that is something we are not used to.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At least they are honest about the truth.  Now that is something we are not used to.</p>
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		By: FP		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[FP]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2012 17:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You hardly leave anything to be said on this one.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You hardly leave anything to be said on this one.</p>
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		By: Riff Raff		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Riff Raff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2012 16:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Own goal.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Own goal.</p>
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		By: Duminku		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duminku]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2012 16:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&quot;Yes, and those scenes also did AD’s chances of winning a seat a great deal of damage, as people watched – after all the nice talk – a coaition government, formed of a majority party and a party with a single seat, in actual operation.&quot;

Then don&#039;t give AD a single seat, give AD a double seat.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Yes, and those scenes also did AD’s chances of winning a seat a great deal of damage, as people watched – after all the nice talk – a coaition government, formed of a majority party and a party with a single seat, in actual operation.&#8221;</p>
<p>Then don&#8217;t give AD a single seat, give AD a double seat.</p>
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		By: The other hatter		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The other hatter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2012 14:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What puzzles me, watching the Malta story unfold from afar, is why the PM and his team have held back on broadcasting this very point: that the public don&#039;t want - and they definitely don&#039;t need - the uncertainty and instability of an early election when Europe is in the middle of its worst financial crisis ever.

While Franco Debono, Joseph Muscat and their respective acolytes have been busy playing silly buggers, governments, businesses and financial institutions around the world have been preparing contingency plans for a complete collapse of the Eurozone. 

Debono is quite simply mad, but Muscat&#039;s behaviour is reckless and reprehensible. 

Muscat is also too stupid to realize that if he had poured some cold water on his party&#039;s urge to overthrow the government at this untimely moment, and rallied alongside the PM as he battled the economic storms that rage all around Malta, he would have come across as a reasonable, sensible patriot, with an understanding of the gravity of the current situation. 

Had he just done that much, he might have stood a chance of positioning his party as a credible, viable alternative. Instead he has made it devastatingly apparent that he has yet to put aside childish things.

But then, I suppose, what should one expect from the man who considered it wise to establish himself as Dom Mintoff&#039;s natural-born successor and number one hagiographer?

The nonsense that Malta&#039;s parliament has been living through these past few months is crystal clear evidence that what the PM needs for his next term in office is a clear, absolute majority, with a margin of more than one seat. 

The balance of power for the entire country cannot ever again rest in the hands of a lunatic like Debono, or the sole representative of a fringe party like the AD.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What puzzles me, watching the Malta story unfold from afar, is why the PM and his team have held back on broadcasting this very point: that the public don&#8217;t want &#8211; and they definitely don&#8217;t need &#8211; the uncertainty and instability of an early election when Europe is in the middle of its worst financial crisis ever.</p>
<p>While Franco Debono, Joseph Muscat and their respective acolytes have been busy playing silly buggers, governments, businesses and financial institutions around the world have been preparing contingency plans for a complete collapse of the Eurozone. </p>
<p>Debono is quite simply mad, but Muscat&#8217;s behaviour is reckless and reprehensible. </p>
<p>Muscat is also too stupid to realize that if he had poured some cold water on his party&#8217;s urge to overthrow the government at this untimely moment, and rallied alongside the PM as he battled the economic storms that rage all around Malta, he would have come across as a reasonable, sensible patriot, with an understanding of the gravity of the current situation. </p>
<p>Had he just done that much, he might have stood a chance of positioning his party as a credible, viable alternative. Instead he has made it devastatingly apparent that he has yet to put aside childish things.</p>
<p>But then, I suppose, what should one expect from the man who considered it wise to establish himself as Dom Mintoff&#8217;s natural-born successor and number one hagiographer?</p>
<p>The nonsense that Malta&#8217;s parliament has been living through these past few months is crystal clear evidence that what the PM needs for his next term in office is a clear, absolute majority, with a margin of more than one seat. </p>
<p>The balance of power for the entire country cannot ever again rest in the hands of a lunatic like Debono, or the sole representative of a fringe party like the AD.</p>
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		By: Ian		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2012 13:48:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sorry, but what a stupid comparison, Daphne! 

Franco Debono is an MP elected on a party ticket which he decided to completely ignore and undermine, for his own personal reasons, once in Parliament. 

An AD MP in a coalition government would have to first agree to a compromise legislative plan, then, if a workable agreement is reached, would clearly want to do his best to prove that AD is a reliable government partner.

Unless that AD MP is Franco Debono himself, of course!

&lt;strong&gt;[Daphne - It is not a stupid comparison at all, but particularly apt.]&lt;/strong&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry, but what a stupid comparison, Daphne! </p>
<p>Franco Debono is an MP elected on a party ticket which he decided to completely ignore and undermine, for his own personal reasons, once in Parliament. </p>
<p>An AD MP in a coalition government would have to first agree to a compromise legislative plan, then, if a workable agreement is reached, would clearly want to do his best to prove that AD is a reliable government partner.</p>
<p>Unless that AD MP is Franco Debono himself, of course!</p>
<p><strong>[Daphne &#8211; It is not a stupid comparison at all, but particularly apt.]</strong></p>
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		By: kev		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kev]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2012 13:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Alternattiva Demokratika still exists? That&#039;s very good news. I thought they had folded and gone to heaven. 

Their perseverance is admirable. And I love their motto: &#039;Think local, act parochial, love global, be provincial.&#039;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Alternattiva Demokratika still exists? That&#8217;s very good news. I thought they had folded and gone to heaven. </p>
<p>Their perseverance is admirable. And I love their motto: &#8216;Think local, act parochial, love global, be provincial.&#8217;</p>
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		By: Matt		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2012 12:54:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Briguglio didn&#039;t help himself by being so quiet about Debono&#039;s insane behaviour. 

People will think twice before casting their vote to AD.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Briguglio didn&#8217;t help himself by being so quiet about Debono&#8217;s insane behaviour. </p>
<p>People will think twice before casting their vote to AD.</p>
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		By: Qeghdin Sew		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Qeghdin Sew]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2012 12:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Typical unfounded scaremongering.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Typical unfounded scaremongering.</p>
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