Oh goodness, they’re lying to their children too

Published: February 24, 2013 at 7:22pm

Michelle Muscat, in an interview published by The Malta Independent on Sunday today, in which she speaks as though we are going to elect a two-headed Hydra called JosephAndMichelle as our prime minister (“our policies”; “she says she was instrumental in setting up the policies for the electoral programme”; “on her home visits, she speaks to many people”; “she has been making home visits since before Joseph became an MEP”):

She stops mid-sentence and lowers her tone, but not the intensity of her words: “What I want my own children to take from this whole ‘political’ experience is the knowledge that their father was instrumental in increasing a sense of national unity.”

Well, ha ha ha to that, Michelle. It’s a lousy idea. Fairytales for children are great, but they should never be about their parents.

They won’t be small forever, and one day they’re bound to find out the facts for themselves. It’s either that or they’ll end up like Yana Mintoff, starring in electoral videos at the age of 61, telling us that her father brought peace, unity, prosperity and progress – and making an utter ass of herself.

She was small too once, though it’s hard to imagine that now, and fed lots of fairytales about daddy.




31 Comments Comment

  1. Custom Built says:

    Now we know why Labour’s policies are so lousy. Michelle had a hand in them.

  2. maryanne says:

    National unity? Not even unity in his party. Just look at his reasonng and how he dumped everything on Toni Abela.

    “Muscat distanced himself from the decision taken by Abela, stating, “When I delegate a task, I leave things in the hands of the person responsible. This is how I work. My job is not to overturn their decisions.”

    He also said that Toni Abela took the decisions “as the person politically and administratively responsible for what happened at the club.”

    Muscat distances himself from Toni Abela’s decision
    MaltaToday

    Was Toni at today’s mass meeting?

    • La Redoute says:

      Muscat cannot distance himself from Toni Abela’s decision. He is ultimately responsible for whatever his party members do in the party’s name.

      He knew what happened and he colluded in the cover up instead of reporting the matter to the police.

      End of story

    • Jozef says:

      He puts it squarely on Abela’s shoulder’s soon after lauding his integrity.

      Three minutes is all it takes with this individual. 2:20 to 5:25.

      http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130224/local/muscat-admits-mistake-in-safi-club-drugs-case.458902

    • Harry Purdie says:

      Excellent comment. Laburisti don’t need enemies, because they have each other.

      • Jozef says:

        Exactly. Stability with these people is if they’ve managed a truce before being elected.

        You’ve seen 1996 Harry.

    • ciccio says:

      Toni came in at the very end, for a quick hug.

      He must be under a lot of pressure now. The ice is melting.

      • Jozef says:

        He left soon after and had a bit of a tiff with some of the supporters on the way to his car.

        He’s also clearly miffed at those who said they’d do otherwise. That includes Joseph.

        Joseph can’t get rid of him as all hell would break loose. Toni’s been through it already, why should he care?

        He’s familiar with codes endrosed by Labour diehards, he didn’t betray the leader, even stating Joseph wasn’t aware. He’s also particularly popular because of his daily appearances on TV, guest on radio shows etc. Abela speaks the language. Muscat, in his drive to appeal to the switchers, put himself out of reach.

        And now Joseph breaks those same codes, showing himself for the wuss he is. You can bet your last cent doesn’t have the haddiema’s undivided loyalty at the moment.

        Gonzi’s the enemy, but no one questions his strength. With certain Maltese, that is a significant criterion for choice.

        The comparison with Debono is inevitable even though it’s inverted.

  3. The Shadow says:

    A friend of my daughter’s who teaches the twins told my daughter that for some reason Soleil and Etoile answer to Sophie and Ella. Weird.

  4. canon says:

    What is wrong with the Muscats? Do they have to lie all the time?

    • Grezz says:

      It takes a certain kind of pushy wannabe to be like that. If they are not even true to themselves, on can hardly expect them to be true to others.

  5. MD says:

    Labour makes mistakes about simple issues let alone what they will do when the complex stuff hits them.

  6. Mallia Peter says:

    Of course she stopped mid-sentence. Only with a teleprompter she could dream of finishing a sentence she started. Just like her husband.

  7. philip camilleri says:

    Muscat is the king of hindsight. I’d rather have somebody with foresight.

  8. anthony says:

    Michelle can tell her children whatever she likes.

    When they grow up they will soon discover the truth.

    National unity my foot.

    As for that wretched Yana (congenitally fucked by 50% of her genes) she must have been told the truth fifty years ago by her mother.

    Now she is just acting. Another Floren.

    Pathetic.

    These PL/MLP protagonists are doomed and cursed.

    They have no past, no present and no future to speak about.

    They manage to con the nation every twenty years or so to its detriment.

    History repeats itself first as tragedy second as farce. K Marx.

  9. Mallia Peter says:

    ‘Shadow of the Wind’ is indeed a nice entertaining and sweet novel. But when an aspiring Prime Minister of a eurozone country at a time of a huge financial crisis, mentions it as his favourite all-time book, you really begin to wonder.

  10. maryanne says:

    This morning KMB gave an answer to Joseph and Michelle about unity.

    He said he’s still voting Labour even though the party has lost its soul and he looks forward for a change once they are in government.

  11. bookworm says:

    I have read the ‘Shadow of the Wind’. It’s a book by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, set in a gothic Barcelona and revolves around a cemetery of forgotten books and evil characters. It really is meant to be for young adults.

    • puh-lease says:

      Nyeh… great story but not ‘favourite book’ material.

      In my opinion you have to have read a book more than once to classify it as a ‘favourite’.

      I wonder how many times Joseph’s read it (if at all)? I’m sure he thinks saying it’s his favourite book makes him seem intellectual, which is worrying but sadly not surprising.

      [Daphne – How can anyone have a favourite book? What is a favourite book? I just don’t get it. One of the best books you’ve ever read, perhaps – but a favourite one?]

      • puh-lease says:

        I agree. I guess it’s just one of those things we say. I would never say ‘my favourite book’ but would say ‘one of my favourite books’ and more naturally probably ‘one of the best books’. However, I understand the idea of a favourite book as one you’ve read more than once and would read again; and I think there would only be a limited number that’d fall into this category anyway.

        [Daphne – I can’t for the life of me understand why anyone would want to read the same book twice.]

  12. puh-lease says:

    Why would you look at a painting/watch a film/go to an opera/listen to a song more than once?

    It’s all art & you go through new experiences that enable you to understand things differently on second hearing/ reading etc.

    Also with stories, be it book or film, once you know the story you can go back to the beginning with the knowledge you’ve acquired by reading the whole thing and appreciating the small details that you missed/understood differently. All about appreciation in my opinion.

    [Daphne – As if. I have never read a book or watched a film twice and I never will. Looking at a painting or listening to a song is completely different. Aside from the fact that the actual experience is different, they both take just a few minutes, whereas spending a couple of days reading a book you’ve read before, when you could be reading one you haven’t read, or spending a couple of hours watching the same film again, ditto, is boring and pointless. I don’t read books and watch films to appreciate them. I read and watch to find out what happens.]

  13. puh-lease says:

    Fair enough I guess. For me it’s more than just the actual story so I enjoy reading the same book more than once.

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