Comments on: So much for Joseph/Labour being “safe for business”. Malta Chamber of Commerce: “Leaving the country without a budget for reasons which have nothing to do with the budget itself is the height of irresponsibility.” https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/12/so-much-for-josephlabour-being-safe-for-business-malta-chamber-of-commerce-leaving-the-country-without-a-budget-for-reasons-which-have-nothing-to-do-with-the-budget-itself-is-the-height-of-ir/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Sun, 09 Dec 2012 01:46:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: antipn https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/12/so-much-for-josephlabour-being-safe-for-business-malta-chamber-of-commerce-leaving-the-country-without-a-budget-for-reasons-which-have-nothing-to-do-with-the-budget-itself-is-the-height-of-ir/#comment-567532 Sun, 09 Dec 2012 01:46:11 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=24963#comment-567532 ghal dawk in nazjonalisti li jaraw biss blue.. jiena ma nafx kif ma tarawx il hnizrijiet li qed isiru.. intom jew il genituri takom ma jircivux kont tad dawl??? ma tafu lil hadd li jahdem lisptar mater dei bhala cleaner jew careworker???? ma tafu lil hadd li kellu jew ghandu xi grocer??? ma tafu lil hadd li kien kuntrattur zghir???? mena tkelmu ma dawn in nies u tkunu tafuwha ir risposta!!!

]]> By: Jozef https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/12/so-much-for-josephlabour-being-safe-for-business-malta-chamber-of-commerce-leaving-the-country-without-a-budget-for-reasons-which-have-nothing-to-do-with-the-budget-itself-is-the-height-of-ir/#comment-565647 Sat, 08 Dec 2012 12:37:56 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=24963#comment-565647 In reply to The Scot.

That would be what Joseph promised as soon as elected leader. That he’ll work with government in the most constructive of manners.

Most will have forgotten this minor detail, that it could be what determined a part of the registered swing.

And then something happened, causing his secretive policy process. I’m not surprised it had to come to this, four years of gradual decline couldn’t take us elsewhere.

If, as most PL representatives on this blog are saying, we elected a parliament, where’s the leader of the opposition?

Franco is clear, as is JPO, Joseph isn’t, PN wannabe he may be.

]]> By: jaqq https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/12/so-much-for-josephlabour-being-safe-for-business-malta-chamber-of-commerce-leaving-the-country-without-a-budget-for-reasons-which-have-nothing-to-do-with-the-budget-itself-is-the-height-of-ir/#comment-565031 Sat, 08 Dec 2012 08:13:08 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=24963#comment-565031 If he wants to save the budget he can order two of his to abstain

]]> By: jpeg https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/12/so-much-for-josephlabour-being-safe-for-business-malta-chamber-of-commerce-leaving-the-country-without-a-budget-for-reasons-which-have-nothing-to-do-with-the-budget-itself-is-the-height-of-ir/#comment-564239 Sat, 08 Dec 2012 00:23:18 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=24963#comment-564239 In reply to Miki Schembri.

Spot on, Miki

]]> By: Gahan https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/12/so-much-for-josephlabour-being-safe-for-business-malta-chamber-of-commerce-leaving-the-country-without-a-budget-for-reasons-which-have-nothing-to-do-with-the-budget-itself-is-the-height-of-ir/#comment-563731 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:01:12 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=24963#comment-563731 If Joseph’s Labour Party votes against this good and balanced budget , then I can conclude that Joseph’s PL is none the different from the previous MLP Versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 and Joseph’s latest version: 2.0.

Labour won’t change and it can’t change with all those old men at the helm advising ‘the young boy’ Joseph.

Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.

Or for plebeians like Gahan, PL is like the Three Hills tomato paste, they change the package but not the content. No need to emphasise that the tomato paste, unlike the PL, is good.

]]> By: observer https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/12/so-much-for-josephlabour-being-safe-for-business-malta-chamber-of-commerce-leaving-the-country-without-a-budget-for-reasons-which-have-nothing-to-do-with-the-budget-itself-is-the-height-of-ir/#comment-563286 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:47:51 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=24963#comment-563286 In reply to Roy.

Mikki, I usually try on a pair of shoes I intend to buy – to feel their fit (read ‘performance’).

I may or may not like them. If I don’t, I simply refrain from buying them.

Choosing a political party to run the country may ‘differ slightly’ from buying a pair of shoes. No question, therefore, of voting Muscat into government to try out his performance.

I have been watching – and sometimes tasting – Labour for the best part of 56 long years – probably longer than you have been here on this earth.

]]> By: Catsrbest https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/12/so-much-for-josephlabour-being-safe-for-business-malta-chamber-of-commerce-leaving-the-country-without-a-budget-for-reasons-which-have-nothing-to-do-with-the-budget-itself-is-the-height-of-ir/#comment-563083 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:15:07 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=24963#comment-563083 By bringing this legislature to an end, Dr Gonzi has given a salient lesson in good governance not just to Dr Sant but to all potential and relevant political leaders.

]]> By: voter https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/12/so-much-for-josephlabour-being-safe-for-business-malta-chamber-of-commerce-leaving-the-country-without-a-budget-for-reasons-which-have-nothing-to-do-with-the-budget-itself-is-the-height-of-ir/#comment-562738 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 11:49:21 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=24963#comment-562738 I suppose that by now the floating voters have woken up and again, I am now more than sure that they will reason things out and drop anchor and stop floating.

By the way about remarks above.

If Gonzi had given way to Franco Debono’s blackmail, he would have had a huge number of PN supporters leaving the fold.

Gonzi did right and if one agrees with the busget then in all honesty one MUST vote in favour.

This will take u to the end of this legislature in a gentlemanly manner and then the way will be clear for the elections; which, with this shining budget, Gonzi should again be the winner by a bigger margin than the last election – an to hell with the surveys that put Labour ahead.

]]> By: The Scot https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/12/so-much-for-josephlabour-being-safe-for-business-malta-chamber-of-commerce-leaving-the-country-without-a-budget-for-reasons-which-have-nothing-to-do-with-the-budget-itself-is-the-height-of-ir/#comment-562595 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:47:22 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=24963#comment-562595 In reply to Mark.

I have saying this for weeks if not months. The prime minister and the leader of the opposition should be discussing this right now, and come to some sort of agreement.

]]> By: Roy https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/12/so-much-for-josephlabour-being-safe-for-business-malta-chamber-of-commerce-leaving-the-country-without-a-budget-for-reasons-which-have-nothing-to-do-with-the-budget-itself-is-the-height-of-ir/#comment-562568 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:32:29 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=24963#comment-562568 In reply to Miki Schembri.

Miki, the last time the majority gauged how good or bad Labour would be by seeing their performance in government, they drove the country into a ditch and instead of attempting to reverse out of it, they insisted on ploughing on down.

You’d think that at a distance of sixteen years, they would have revitalised, but instead, what we are dumped with is an Alfred Sant protégé, morally supported by Alfred Sant’s PA and Mintoff’s detritus nipping at his heels and moulding his policies.

I can understand the hardcore Labour ~30% of the electorate not voting with this in mind, but it’s perplexing that supposedly intelligent and discerning voters are willing to erect a mental block to this reality, for reasons known only to them, but probably simply out of boredom and spite.

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