Labour has a cunning plan for IT

Published: September 28, 2012 at 2:55pm

Isn’t this the most classic opening line to a newspaper article?

The Labour Party said today it had a ‘comprehensive plan’ for the IT sector, although no details were given.

Mur ara x’jifhem fl-IT dak Michael Farrugia. Daqs kemm jifhem ex-reporter tas-Super One fit-tmexxija tal-pajjiz.




25 Comments Comment

  1. Bubu says:

    I shudder at the thought.

  2. edgar says:

    Comprehensive plan, like having to go to a minister to plead for an import licence to import a computer. Hallina Michael Farrugia, int f’xi morlita tifhem.

  3. Galian says:

    “Labour has a cunning plan for IT” … and this one definitely involves a turnip, though its name isn’t Baldrick.

  4. The saint says:

    Does it make sense to have a medical doctor covering IT instead of health and then you have a notary covering health services? Kollox ta’ taht fuq.

    • Toyger says:

      That’s the exact thought I had when I read it.

      That’s why Marie Louise Coleiro Preca makes such a fool of herself every time she opens her mouth, becasue she has no idea how to deal with health issues as she doesn’t really understand them.

      And now we have a GP trying to tell us he’s some expert in IT. Classic PL.

    • Harry Purdie says:

      And a notary and perit vying for Finance Minister.

      • Chicken says:

        And a Super One hack running for Prime Minister.

      • Jozef says:

        You forget the dentist for Energy Minister.

        She actually said on prime time TV, what a lot of research she had done on the internet. So there.

        I’ll never forget Lou Bondi’s expression.

  5. jack says:

    “Comprehensive plan’ , “ghandna roadmap” – anymore buzzwords?

  6. Jozef says:

    They also seem to have a cunning plan for car parks, presenting a motion blocking their privatisation this morning.

    Joseph’s improvised visit to the one in Hamrun doesn’t have anything to do with this obviously.

  7. Paul Borg says:

    Michael Farrugia should shadow health. otherwise he is wasted.

  8. Herbie says:

    According to One news Farrugia was quoted as saying that it was Labour that introduced IT to Malta 30 years ago.

    What outright cheek.

  9. ciccio says:

    Labour has a comprehensive plan for IT.

    Yes. Intensive Therapy.

  10. ciccio says:

    This picture immortalises the moment when Michael Farrugia got his inspiration about a comprehensive plan for Malta’s IT sector.

    http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/do_the_dubai.jpg

  11. Lomax says:

    In other words: PL have found a way to f$%& IT. Reminds me of Agatha Barbara’s plan for education.

  12. sasha says:

    Shall we all start challenging them to tell us of their comprehensive plans, it is about time they blurt them out.

  13. Anthony 1960 says:

    Sewwa jghid il-Malti li l-ispizjar milli jkollu jtik.

    Anke l-qa*ba milli jkollha taghtik.

    In the golden era we used to phone one person and end up talking to three or four at once. Possibly, the cunning plan for IT would include sending an email to a person and it ends up at 4 or more.

    It could also include businesses paying their ex ufficio tax bills online or sixth form students from private schools would know how many of the “ghoxrin punt” will be deducted from their university requirement.

    As cunning as a ” fox” !

  14. H.P. Baxxter says:

    Farrugia is definitely gagging for IT.

  15. canon says:

    Replacing Dr Austin Gatt with Dr Michael Farrugia. This is sheer madness.

  16. Neil Dent says:

    They said they have one, so it MUST be true. Obviously.

  17. Neil Dent says:

    Lejber – dey R Gr8t! Vote Joseph il-Kink ta’Malta

  18. allamana says:

    the best way to run a mnisttry s to have the mnister looking at things from a different perspective. I have some suggestions in this regard:

    a bus driver to run the Ministry for Public Health – everybody on board and not more than an hour in the que

    A doctor to run the Ministry for IT – what goes in comes out

    An Accountant to run the Ministry for the Environment – to get money out of the air

    An ex road sweeper to run the education department: to sweep everybody through schooling as fast as possibile.

    Why do we need qualified people: id degree mhux karta ta l-incova jew???

    We deserve the government that we elect: After 5 years of this bull, we would be saying me culpa, mea maxima culpa, …. hopefully the ora pro nobis bit would not be necessary..

  19. Joe Azzopardi says:

    Sure, prepare a 25-page declaration to be signed, in the presence of a witness, by the importer (or buyer) of a PC (still not clear about tablets and smartphones) that he will solemnly declare (fines still to be decided – it all depends on the reduction of electricity rates) that he will not sack any employee because of his new computer.

    Declaration will also include a clause that the word processor of the PC will not be used to diffuse anti government propaganda. Users of social networks will be given a renewable licence after a vetting by TGSGABUOICTMN (the Great Socialist Government Appointed Body for the Use of Information and Communication Section of the Ministry of Newspeak).

    Bright times ahead.

  20. ninu t tromba says:

    Qatt ma ktibt, pero ma niflahx nara daqs dawn shadow ministers jitwieldu fil-PL.

    Filli tas-sahha filli tal-IT.

    Ministru tas-swat coe’ tas-sawt, iehor tal-gass, tnejn tal-ekonomija jew kif Ta…….a.

    Lanqas il-weghdi li qed iwieghed lil kandidati fuq it-ticket tal-PL mhu ser izomm ahseb u ara dawk il-weghdi li qed johlom bihom u jipprova jbellha lilna komuni mortali m’hu ser izomm.

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