Comments on: He’s still at it – and it’s getting worse. Now he’s talking about himself in the third person.

By: sos

sos — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:54:01 +0000

In reply to Alessio. There are others and others, and others who have made it to LLD and, in my opinion are far below Franco's standard

By: natalie mallett

natalie mallett — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:37:13 +0000

Dear Franco, I wrote a similar reply on your blog (when I used to read it) but you had decided not to print it so here I say it again: “The man who sings his praises is likely to be a soloist”.

By: Gahan

Gahan — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 07:13:19 +0000

In reply to Martin.

You can say that his suggestions are right. The wrong thing about them was that he pushed them before other things the PM prioritized.

He is not the prime minister.

Franco wanted to put the cart before the horse, and the PM had no other option but to oblige for a while. If the PM didn’t oblige he would have lost the cart and the horse, and we would have too.

By: a. attard

a. attard — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 23:34:55 +0000

In reply to edgar. Edgar, Muscat is right. It will work out cheaper if you travel, say, a 100 km, driving along for 50 and pushing the car the remaining 50.

By: edgar

edgar — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 19:22:08 +0000

Marks, I was in Athens too recently and noticed that the price of diesel was 1 euro 80 cents, while here in Malta it is 1 euro 37 cents and Muscat claims that it should be even cheaper.

By: anthony

anthony — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:08:55 +0000

I have no idea where this place called 2009 is.

By: ciccio

ciccio — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:06:43 +0000

“….and it’s getting worse. Now he’s talking about himself in the third person.”

Actually, this means it’s getting better – at least for us. It seems that he is distancing himself from himself, and, in fact, I am now expecting him to talk about himself in the past, very soon.

“Franco Debono was…”

By: aston

aston — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:13:21 +0000

In reply to Martin.

Even if he is right on all the points he mentioned (I don’t agree he is, but that’s irrelevant), he made them in an open missive in broken English about a tenor cracking a joke at his expense, at which he has taken disproportionate and unending offence, referring to himself in the third person, with his name in caps throughout.

Do you think that’s really the way a normal person would go about things?

By: Bubu

Bubu — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:11:11 +0000

Soon he will be equating himself with Napoleon. And then good old JC himself.

By: marks

marks — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:35:57 +0000

I have just been to Athens staying with friends (both medical professionals). Their salary has been cut by 50%, the shops are empty of customers, every day several businesses close down, the construction industry is moribund, and there are constant demonstrations and strikes.

And here in Malta our talking point is an unbalanced politician from Hal Ghaxaq.