Thought for the day
Published:
February 28, 2013 at 11:09am
You can’t wear a mask forever.
If you want a PN goverment, vote PN.
If you don’t want a Labour government, vote PN.
If you want AD in parliament, ask a Labour friend to vote AD instead.
But don’t do it yourself.
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Reply to David Ellul Click here to cancel reply
We’re one week away from D-day and polls indicate a landslide win for Labour.
As a columnist who has been following local politics for so long what do you honestly think about the polls and who do you think will get the upper hand, Gonzi or Joseph? Do you think AD can manage to win a seat?
[Daphne – It’s hard to say what I think about the polls given the inherent contradictions and the large chunk of people not replying even at this very late stage. But I do think they indicate a big win for Labour, on the available limited data. And no, I don’t think AD can win a seat, but whether AD wins a seat or not is irrelevant in itself. What is relevant is the consequences of that: a Labour victory. The reason for that is simple: AD pulls no votes from the Labour camp. The Labour camp remains strong, it forms the government. All talk of coalition is bollocks. If Labour has the majority of seats, it forms the government ALONE. It’s simple maths.]
I wonder how many understand the above wise suggestion?
If you want to give the impression you are avant guard etc…shut up.
Democracy is up to the people, not up to you, Daphne.
[Daphne – Lessons in democracy from somebody ‘liberal and progressive’ telling me to shut up. Great advertisement for AD, darling.]
A stupid question: how could AD ever ‘win’ an election through electoral and parliamentary majority with only 9 candidates?
A stupid answer. It depends on whether there are enough ‘disgruntleds’ and switchers in the 9th and 10th districts.
Enough of them could give AD a one-seat dictatorial position in Parliament – same as the ‘comediante’ now has in the Italian Senate!
We must not give up and we must continue to try and convince more people to vote PN.
With PN’s track record and the brilliant results obtained, it should not be so difficult. People must be made to realise what they risk losing if they vote Labour. There is too much at stake. They should be made more and more aware of what is happening in other countries, the desperate situations that people are facing, the loss of jobs, evictions from their homes, the helplessness. This must not happen in Malta. We will certainly be risking all this if the Labour Party is elected.
Those who know what is good for them , can only vote PN, so that Malta continues in its positive path.
Everyone please try to convince people on a one on one basis to vote PN.
If PN wins, all Malta wins, If PL wins, all Malta loses.
I’m not into all this “Malta kollha tirbah” bullshit.
It’s just a question of choosing between the party that got me into Europe, and the party that tried to keep me out.
And so it shall be, until forever. MLP raped (to use a Maltese expression) what should have been the best years of my life. Fuck them.
This is so true. I hope in this last week people can realise this. It will be too late then. Let us all think of the consequences now. Malta cannot afford to have a Labour government.
Very well explained, and must say I agree.
Hoping people come to their senses this week.
Do you remember this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68JtFSkUsFw
It’s Joseph’s anthem, and the switchers’ too.
And if you want a Labour government, put an “X” next to each of your preferred Labour candidates on the ballot paper on 9 March 2013.
And if you can’t decide which Labour candidate you prefer, you don’t have to choose – just put 1 next to each of them.
If you really despise the PN candidates let them know that on the ballot paper by numbering them in your personal order of contempt.
Kultant nghid ahjar jitla l-PL halli hawn hafna li qed jahsbu li bil-PL sejrin ahjar jiehdu r-risposta.
Il-PL jista’ jirbah jekk ikun hawn hafna li jridu jippruvaw jigri x’jigri wara.
Kif se jivvota l-poplu irridu naraw dak inhar sorprizi jista’ jkun hemm ukoll.
Haga zgur li jkun ghamel zball. Min illum qed jilghabha tal-haruf jekk ikun fil-gvern juri snienu. Ahjar kif ahna ghax lura nistu mmorru. Zgur ma irridx nghid it-tort tieghi allura ma nissugrax u nivvota PN.
Very well said, my friend Twanny.
PL is a movement of liars.
I am going out of subject here but I was reading some comments on timesofmalta.com and noticed that as soon as someone mentions the terrible eighties1980s, Labour supporters retort how much they suffered in the 1960s.
The big difference between these two eras is that the politicians of the 60s are long gone but the culprits of the late 1970s and 1980s are still very much alive and probably will be voted back in power next week.
I think the Maltese have really taken Fifty Shades of Grey to theirs hearts.
[Daphne – There is a more significant difference and important point to be made: Labour’s problems in the 1960s had absolutely nothing to do with the Nationalist Party. They were at war with the Catholic Church.]
it’s unbelievable how people like you can think in this way. I can see why people in malta decide to vote for a party mainly because their family is nazzjonalisti or labour and not because they truly believe in the principles connected to a political party. for me this statement only shows the fear of people like you who are scared that the gap between pl and pn will be so large. as the maltese saying goes ‘ min jidhak l-ahhar jidhak l-ahjar’
[Daphne – You are quite, quite wrong, Maria. I am possibly one of the best-known examples of somebody whose vote is entirely unconnected to family tradition and based purely on a sensible, rational choice.]
Strictly speaking votes do not belong to any party. If someone votes for AD, it is because they choose AD. The vote is not ‘stolen’ from PN or PL, because votes do not belong to parties, they belong to voters.
[Daphne – Sigh. Nobody’s talking theft. I’m talking strategic voting. When you vote, you vote to choose the government. Why else bother? That’s what it’s about: choosing the government. So you choose the government. People who vote AD are saying, loudly and clearly, that their head is so far up their arse they can’t see daylight and don’t give a damn who’s running the country. If they gave a damn, they wouldn’t be voting AD. They’d be voting PN or Labour. Now here’s the thing: that’s not really true. Most people who are talking about voting AD actually do care who gets to run the country. They prefer PN to Labour. And that is the only reason why AD has built its marketing message on coalitions and ‘casting votes’. They are presenting themselves in a sort of ‘government vacuum’. But there IS going to be a government: Labour. The more people vote AD – because they are all being drained from the ‘PN market’ while the Labour market remains monolithic – the greater the number of seats for Labour.]
Those who want another PN government will vote PN and Labour supporters will vote PL. Those who simply do not want another PN government should consider voting AD or other independent candidates. It appears that Labour will probably have a majority in the next election and also a majority of seats and the potential AD MP will not therefore be in colaition with the LP government. There would therefore be a stable government but more than 2 parties in Parliament with an AD MP elected.