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		By: Neil Dent		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Neil Dent]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/12/the-leading-article-editorial-in-the-times-today-2/#comment-576532&quot;&gt;David Farrugia&lt;/a&gt;.

Hilarious!]]></description>
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<p>Hilarious!</p>
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		By: David Farrugia		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Farrugia]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For the sake of democracy, keep this blog alive for the time being. 

We have supported you all the way to your moment of glory yesterday, but now all would be in vain as the clique is already regrouping.  

From now on we will see The Times and PBS spewing subtile and other &#039;not-s-subtle&#039; propaganda.
btw...have you read today&#039;s Times editorial..Disgusting.

&lt;strong&gt;[Daphne - Errrr, David? You&#039;re on the wrong blog. I think you must have meant to post this on Franco&#039;s. Tghidliex, ta - dawk li jivvutaw Labour il-vera ghandhom brains.]&lt;/strong&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For the sake of democracy, keep this blog alive for the time being. </p>
<p>We have supported you all the way to your moment of glory yesterday, but now all would be in vain as the clique is already regrouping.  </p>
<p>From now on we will see The Times and PBS spewing subtile and other &#8216;not-s-subtle&#8217; propaganda.<br />
btw&#8230;have you read today&#8217;s Times editorial..Disgusting.</p>
<p><strong>[Daphne &#8211; Errrr, David? You&#8217;re on the wrong blog. I think you must have meant to post this on Franco&#8217;s. Tghidliex, ta &#8211; dawk li jivvutaw Labour il-vera ghandhom brains.]</strong></p>
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		By: La sacrosanta verita		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[La sacrosanta verita]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Boycott The Times like I have done until it regains its former independent status.  I had been subscribed for years but now no more.  Let the elves buy it, as it&#039;s become the MLP mouthpiece.  Shame on you all!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Boycott The Times like I have done until it regains its former independent status.  I had been subscribed for years but now no more.  Let the elves buy it, as it&#8217;s become the MLP mouthpiece.  Shame on you all!</p>
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		By: Futur Imcajpar		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Futur Imcajpar]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This editorial is too flipping late!  Why this stance now, I wonder?  The Times have aided and abetted him as much as any of the others.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This editorial is too flipping late!  Why this stance now, I wonder?  The Times have aided and abetted him as much as any of the others.</p>
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		By: Miss O'Brien		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Miss O'Brien]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/12/the-leading-article-editorial-in-the-times-today-2/#comment-575560&quot;&gt;silverbug&lt;/a&gt;.

As I have said once before, The Times is mlatastar and MaltaToday with marginally better syntax. Its anti Gonzi stance is there for all to see.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/12/the-leading-article-editorial-in-the-times-today-2/#comment-575560">silverbug</a>.</p>
<p>As I have said once before, The Times is mlatastar and MaltaToday with marginally better syntax. Its anti Gonzi stance is there for all to see.</p>
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		By: Angus Black		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/12/the-leading-article-editorial-in-the-times-today-2/#comment-575562</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angus Black]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How ironic.

The Times often skirted around Franco Debono&#039;s illogical rants and very often had given him the widest benefit of the doubt. They were the ones who dubbed him &#039;top criminal lawyer&#039; when he is nothing of the sort.

Now that Debono delivered the last of his vindictive acts, the Times woke up to the reality of who Debono really is.

Nonetheless, the editorial gives a true picture of what has been happening during the last two years or so and an acknowledgment that Franco spat at every olive branch offered to him by the Prime Minister and the Party itself.

Franco Debono may have settled a personal score but so did the Nationalist Party and Prime Minister since they no longer have to put up with this super ego and his chip on his shoulder. Indeed the NP is redeemed, rejuvenated, re-energized and ready for the true race starting January 7.

Franco Debono has been reduced to irrelevancy and can go back to his hobbies in Hal Ghaxaq. He will have plenty of time on his hands now since he will have no reason to carry on with his insane rants in his useless &#039;blokk&#039;.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How ironic.</p>
<p>The Times often skirted around Franco Debono&#8217;s illogical rants and very often had given him the widest benefit of the doubt. They were the ones who dubbed him &#8216;top criminal lawyer&#8217; when he is nothing of the sort.</p>
<p>Now that Debono delivered the last of his vindictive acts, the Times woke up to the reality of who Debono really is.</p>
<p>Nonetheless, the editorial gives a true picture of what has been happening during the last two years or so and an acknowledgment that Franco spat at every olive branch offered to him by the Prime Minister and the Party itself.</p>
<p>Franco Debono may have settled a personal score but so did the Nationalist Party and Prime Minister since they no longer have to put up with this super ego and his chip on his shoulder. Indeed the NP is redeemed, rejuvenated, re-energized and ready for the true race starting January 7.</p>
<p>Franco Debono has been reduced to irrelevancy and can go back to his hobbies in Hal Ghaxaq. He will have plenty of time on his hands now since he will have no reason to carry on with his insane rants in his useless &#8216;blokk&#8217;.</p>
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		By: silverbug		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[silverbug]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yes, but The Times too, must carry part of the blame for what happened here. 

After all, however doggedly one pesters the media, the media does not have to give in. 

The Times gave in because it gave free reign to staff whose agenda it was to foment discontent with the government and the Nationalist Party. This The Times achieved. 

Now that this paper wants to re-virginalise itself, is, for me beyond contempt. 

When The Times regains control of its newsroom, when The Times moves away from the tabloid stance it has taken and which suits Franco stories so well, when The Times does all this, then, maybe, I shall start to take it seriously again.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, but The Times too, must carry part of the blame for what happened here. </p>
<p>After all, however doggedly one pesters the media, the media does not have to give in. </p>
<p>The Times gave in because it gave free reign to staff whose agenda it was to foment discontent with the government and the Nationalist Party. This The Times achieved. </p>
<p>Now that this paper wants to re-virginalise itself, is, for me beyond contempt. </p>
<p>When The Times regains control of its newsroom, when The Times moves away from the tabloid stance it has taken and which suits Franco stories so well, when The Times does all this, then, maybe, I shall start to take it seriously again.</p>
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		By: maryanne		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[maryanne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/12/the-leading-article-editorial-in-the-times-today-2/#comment-575357&quot;&gt;admin&lt;/a&gt;.

&quot;When they’re in the polling booth, this is what swingers (the voting kind, not the let’s-swap-our-car-keys kind) will remember. And they will vote accordingly.&quot; Ramona Depares

Rest assured that there&#039;s no way on earth that we will forget Franco while in the polling booth. It will be his birthday present.  His birthday card will have the now famous &#039;Hekk hu go fik&#039;.

&quot;Elections will be held on 9 March - a date that happens to be the birthday anniversary of Franco Debono.&quot; - MaltaToday]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/12/the-leading-article-editorial-in-the-times-today-2/#comment-575357">admin</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;When they’re in the polling booth, this is what swingers (the voting kind, not the let’s-swap-our-car-keys kind) will remember. And they will vote accordingly.&#8221; Ramona Depares</p>
<p>Rest assured that there&#8217;s no way on earth that we will forget Franco while in the polling booth. It will be his birthday present.  His birthday card will have the now famous &#8216;Hekk hu go fik&#8217;.</p>
<p>&#8220;Elections will be held on 9 March &#8211; a date that happens to be the birthday anniversary of Franco Debono.&#8221; &#8211; MaltaToday</p>
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		By: Jozef		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jozef]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/12/the-leading-article-editorial-in-the-times-today-2/#comment-575357&quot;&gt;admin&lt;/a&gt;.

I think this divorce spiel is a tad overrated, simplistic even. 

Why bother grumbling to a winner takes all system to miss apparent contradiction as an essential instrument to evolution? It&#039;s what distinguishes experience, call it sophistry, from a beginner&#039;s academic attempt. . 

Does Ramona really believe the protestant ethic has taken over?  The arithmetics of that referendum result require complete figures, otherwise perspective is lost. Or is it intolerable to accept, respect, this place for what it is? 

Unlike Sant&#039;s, where abstention was negligible.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/12/the-leading-article-editorial-in-the-times-today-2/#comment-575357">admin</a>.</p>
<p>I think this divorce spiel is a tad overrated, simplistic even. </p>
<p>Why bother grumbling to a winner takes all system to miss apparent contradiction as an essential instrument to evolution? It&#8217;s what distinguishes experience, call it sophistry, from a beginner&#8217;s academic attempt. . </p>
<p>Does Ramona really believe the protestant ethic has taken over?  The arithmetics of that referendum result require complete figures, otherwise perspective is lost. Or is it intolerable to accept, respect, this place for what it is? </p>
<p>Unlike Sant&#8217;s, where abstention was negligible.</p>
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		By: xmun		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[xmun]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Well done to Dr Gonzi for not falling to Franco&#039;s continuous blackmail.  Let&#039;s not forget Jeffrey, Jesmond and John for the part they played during this legislature.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well done to Dr Gonzi for not falling to Franco&#8217;s continuous blackmail.  Let&#8217;s not forget Jeffrey, Jesmond and John for the part they played during this legislature.</p>
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