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		By: silvio		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[silvio]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2012 09:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/08/waqa-l-ghass-karmenu-vella-thinks-we-should-change-our-agreement-with-the-eu/#comment-348876&quot;&gt;Homer&lt;/a&gt;.

@ dust

If as you say the &quot;No vote &quot;does not exist&quot; why worry?

Maybe all those who are considering &quot;abstaining&quot; should take your advise and go all the way,if that will make you happier. 

Are you always so helpful to your party?

Have you tried offering your services to the P.N electoral gurus?

Abstainig is and has always been, considered as a vote of no confidence,whether you like it or not.

&lt;strong&gt;[Daphne - Wrong. Not voting is by definition not an act but the absence of action. And everywhere in the civilised world it is not considered &#039;a vote of no confidence&#039; (in what and how, if you are not voting?) but a serious symptom of social disengagement.]&lt;/strong&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/08/waqa-l-ghass-karmenu-vella-thinks-we-should-change-our-agreement-with-the-eu/#comment-348876">Homer</a>.</p>
<p>@ dust</p>
<p>If as you say the &#8220;No vote &#8220;does not exist&#8221; why worry?</p>
<p>Maybe all those who are considering &#8220;abstaining&#8221; should take your advise and go all the way,if that will make you happier. </p>
<p>Are you always so helpful to your party?</p>
<p>Have you tried offering your services to the P.N electoral gurus?</p>
<p>Abstainig is and has always been, considered as a vote of no confidence,whether you like it or not.</p>
<p><strong>[Daphne &#8211; Wrong. Not voting is by definition not an act but the absence of action. And everywhere in the civilised world it is not considered &#8216;a vote of no confidence&#8217; (in what and how, if you are not voting?) but a serious symptom of social disengagement.]</strong></p>
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		By: DUST		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[DUST]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2012 14:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/08/waqa-l-ghass-karmenu-vella-thinks-we-should-change-our-agreement-with-the-eu/#comment-348876&quot;&gt;Homer&lt;/a&gt;.

And there I was, thinking that &#039;to be counted&#039; requires one to vote.

You talk about a &#039;No vote to/for&#039; - but this does not exist. When one does not vote, that&#039;s just it - one is simply not favouring one party over any other. Not voting cannot be construed as a &#039;vote against corruption&#039; or a &#039;vote against arrogance&#039;.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/08/waqa-l-ghass-karmenu-vella-thinks-we-should-change-our-agreement-with-the-eu/#comment-348876">Homer</a>.</p>
<p>And there I was, thinking that &#8216;to be counted&#8217; requires one to vote.</p>
<p>You talk about a &#8216;No vote to/for&#8217; &#8211; but this does not exist. When one does not vote, that&#8217;s just it &#8211; one is simply not favouring one party over any other. Not voting cannot be construed as a &#8216;vote against corruption&#8217; or a &#8216;vote against arrogance&#8217;.</p>
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		By: silvio		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[silvio]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2012 09:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/08/waqa-l-ghass-karmenu-vella-thinks-we-should-change-our-agreement-with-the-eu/#comment-348876&quot;&gt;Homer&lt;/a&gt;.

Homer.

You are perfectly right. It&#039;s time to stand up and be counted.

What we are here talking about is a No Vote to corruption and arrogance.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/08/waqa-l-ghass-karmenu-vella-thinks-we-should-change-our-agreement-with-the-eu/#comment-348876">Homer</a>.</p>
<p>Homer.</p>
<p>You are perfectly right. It&#8217;s time to stand up and be counted.</p>
<p>What we are here talking about is a No Vote to corruption and arrogance.</p>
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		By: Homer		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Homer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/08/waqa-l-ghass-karmenu-vella-thinks-we-should-change-our-agreement-with-the-eu/#comment-346272&quot;&gt;silvio&lt;/a&gt;.

... and the (all too transparent) mask falls.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/08/waqa-l-ghass-karmenu-vella-thinks-we-should-change-our-agreement-with-the-eu/#comment-346272">silvio</a>.</p>
<p>&#8230; and the (all too transparent) mask falls.</p>
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		By: joe zerafa		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[joe zerafa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 01:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I love the way you continue to expose these people. Heaven forbid they should win the election.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love the way you continue to expose these people. Heaven forbid they should win the election.</p>
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		By: H.P. Baxxter		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[H.P. Baxxter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 01:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/08/waqa-l-ghass-karmenu-vella-thinks-we-should-change-our-agreement-with-the-eu/#comment-346348&quot;&gt;yor/malta&lt;/a&gt;.

Kevin, I&#039;d rather be governed by faceless bureaucrats from Brussels than by your elected wife and her buddies. That&#039;s my honest answer.


Now, can you ask Sharon to phone someone at Labour Party headquarters and find out if they will be withdrawing Malta from the EU once they&#039;re in power? 

Never mind the rest of their political programme. At least we deserve to know this.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/08/waqa-l-ghass-karmenu-vella-thinks-we-should-change-our-agreement-with-the-eu/#comment-346348">yor/malta</a>.</p>
<p>Kevin, I&#8217;d rather be governed by faceless bureaucrats from Brussels than by your elected wife and her buddies. That&#8217;s my honest answer.</p>
<p>Now, can you ask Sharon to phone someone at Labour Party headquarters and find out if they will be withdrawing Malta from the EU once they&#8217;re in power? </p>
<p>Never mind the rest of their political programme. At least we deserve to know this.</p>
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		By: Harry Purdie		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Harry Purdie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 23:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/08/waqa-l-ghass-karmenu-vella-thinks-we-should-change-our-agreement-with-the-eu/#comment-346428&quot;&gt;Harry Purdie&lt;/a&gt;.

You appear to be repeating yourself, Kevvy. You employed a similar inane retort to you/malta. Running out of ideas? Do you stutter also?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/08/waqa-l-ghass-karmenu-vella-thinks-we-should-change-our-agreement-with-the-eu/#comment-346428">Harry Purdie</a>.</p>
<p>You appear to be repeating yourself, Kevvy. You employed a similar inane retort to you/malta. Running out of ideas? Do you stutter also?</p>
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		By: maryanne		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[maryanne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As long as they get the votes.

N. Agius

Today, 15:53

PL jien nivvotalkom bil qalb jekk tghidu li ha tkun fil prijorita taghkom u tghidulna x&#039; ser taghmlu ... fil- futur ghad nishtu l- politici li hallew dan kollu jigri ! Xi kultant nghid imma tghid kumbinazzjoni li bdejna nbatu b din il problema wara li sirna membri fl EU.

This comment was posted on times.com under the report:

PL says immigration remains a concern]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As long as they get the votes.</p>
<p>N. Agius</p>
<p>Today, 15:53</p>
<p>PL jien nivvotalkom bil qalb jekk tghidu li ha tkun fil prijorita taghkom u tghidulna x&#8217; ser taghmlu &#8230; fil- futur ghad nishtu l- politici li hallew dan kollu jigri ! Xi kultant nghid imma tghid kumbinazzjoni li bdejna nbatu b din il problema wara li sirna membri fl EU.</p>
<p>This comment was posted on times.com under the report:</p>
<p>PL says immigration remains a concern</p>
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		By: kev		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kev]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/08/waqa-l-ghass-karmenu-vella-thinks-we-should-change-our-agreement-with-the-eu/#comment-346428&quot;&gt;Harry Purdie&lt;/a&gt;.

In your case, Purdie, it&#039;s more likely &#039;Brain Run Dry&#039;. 

You don&#039;t just know too much that isn&#039;t so, you know nothing much about what is.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/08/waqa-l-ghass-karmenu-vella-thinks-we-should-change-our-agreement-with-the-eu/#comment-346428">Harry Purdie</a>.</p>
<p>In your case, Purdie, it&#8217;s more likely &#8216;Brain Run Dry&#8217;. </p>
<p>You don&#8217;t just know too much that isn&#8217;t so, you know nothing much about what is.</p>
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		By: silvio		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[silvio]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 12:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/08/waqa-l-ghass-karmenu-vella-thinks-we-should-change-our-agreement-with-the-eu/#comment-346053&quot;&gt;ciccio&lt;/a&gt;.

Exactly what I said.
AN international treaty etc etc.
So after all it CAN be changed.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/08/waqa-l-ghass-karmenu-vella-thinks-we-should-change-our-agreement-with-the-eu/#comment-346053">ciccio</a>.</p>
<p>Exactly what I said.<br />
AN international treaty etc etc.<br />
So after all it CAN be changed.</p>
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