Well done, Simon Busuttil

Published: February 1, 2013 at 8:48pm

Yet another tactic the Labour Party’s cribbed from campaigns in foreign parts: the Ambush Before TV Cameras. Compare the way Simon Busuttil handles this to the defensive and evasive way Joseph Muscat deals with questions even when he’s expecting them because he’s asked the press along: “Mhux hekk ghamilt int ukoll?”; “Forsi derhitlu l-Madonna”; “Ghamilt bhala ghamlu eluf ta’ Maltin ohrajn.”

It’s so obvious that this Jeremy is a Labour stooge that we nearly needn’t bother going to Facebook to find out. But all the same, here goes:




40 Comments Comment

  1. H.P. Baxxter says:

    STEEL.

  2. paddy says:

    Dawn mhux kacca jridu imma jaghmel li jrid u ghalfejn qed jghid li kellu jasal sa hawn mal PN is Sur Jeremy Portelli ta minn jara ir ritratti tieghu fid dar tal hgieg tal lejber fil Hamrun http://www.facebook.com/stmizzi#!/jeremy.portelli.37?fref=ts

  3. Mary Anne says:

    Bravu, Simon, addressing arrogance and rudeness with calmness and good manners.

  4. The Saint says:

    What arrogance!

    I do understand some people had their favourite hobby curtailed but definitely some form of control was due.

    Even today the controls on hunting are not optimal, and I don’t mean for the hunter, either.

    Has Muscat promised them that once he is prime minister he will relax the hunting rules?

    • etil says:

      This guy, Jeremy Portelli, should go to his leader and ask him these questions. No doubt Joseph Muscat will also promise him that he will place more birds in the sky so the hunters can enjoy their ‘pastime’.

  5. Frans Cassar says:

    This guy needs to be told that what we want is good jobs, better education and high quality health services, not hunting. Great response from Simon, everything must be done within rule of law and not free for all.

    • etil says:

      Sorry to delude you but these type of persons are not interested in anything but hunting. Wonder whether he does hunt in Scotland, from what I understand there are very strict rules on hunting over there. Simon rose to the occasion and made Jeremy Portelli look like an uneducated fool. This is the stuff that great leaders are made of.

  6. sven dimech says:

    http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130131/local/film-role-for-alfred-sant.455613

    Teatrini biss – issa anke Sant thajjar u qed jaghmel film. Imsieken dawn in-nies.

  7. judy says:

    I am not a cactus expert,but I know a prick when I see one.

  8. maws says:

    Really well done – he managed to handle the provocative delinquent remarkably well.

  9. Bubu says:

    Calm, direct and assertive. Brilliant.

    Haven’t the hunters understood yet that the huge majority have had it up to here with their shenanigans.

  10. MD says:

    Daphne what about the way Joseph Muscat reacted to Lou Bondi’s questions about Leo Brincat’s performance on TVAM?

  11. anti labour says:

    Simon represents responsability and discipline – words that Joseph Muscat hasn’t understood yet.

  12. Ghoxrin Punt says:

    Yes, he was rather impressive in front of the cameras. Remained very calm and relaxed.

    PS this guy is not a hunter, but one of Labour’s stooges, as fully confirmed by his Facebook page and shown on Net TV. When will they learn?

  13. AE says:

    Bravo! Calm, firm and clear.

  14. Augustus says:

    Prosit, Simon.

  15. SPAM says:

    It’s fine to spend €100-150 on shotgun pellets but then €50 for a licence is to much. Tejatrin, as Busuttil said.

    Well done, indeed.

  16. CIS says:

    Super One tried to catch Simon on film shouting at the hunter so that they will repeat it ad nauseam every time there’s Dr Busuttil in the news. Way to go Simon, you did not get caught in their web.

  17. Kevin Zammit says:

    Facebook discussion from the same guy who was pictured as the angry hunter:
    Luke Stivala Jien nivvutalek kieku Jeremy !!!!!!
    Yesterday at 19:01 · 1
    Jeremy Portelli kiku niehu li nghidlek ikun fatti habib mhux naddi biz zmien in-nies ..min jaf forsi il quddiem ghad jasal il mument ….
    Yesterday at 19:02
    Jeremy Portelli Luke Stivala mort inresaq il- proposti !!! u laqawhom
    Yesterday at 19:03 · 1
    Tiziana Azzopardi Ma nifolhekxxxxx
    Yesterday at 19:13 via mobile
    Jeremy Portelli ovja ma tiflahniex ax well build iktar minnek imma naf li go qalbek tacetani bhal ma ghamilt lol Tiziana Azzopardi
    Yesterday at 19:14
    Tiziana Azzopardi Xanda xtaqsam ara vr laburist injurant mr malta ta ras zobbi
    Yesterday at 19:15 via mobile
    Jeremy Portelli tpalax zejjet ax nibda jien u nejdlek fejn hi ir ras u ifhimni
    Yesterday at 19:16
    Luke Stivala Nahseb iktar int l imbecilli biex ma ndunajtx li kien qieghed jiccajta mieghek ………
    Yesterday at 19:18 · 1
    Tiziana Azzopardi U aqtawlii arem cawww
    Yesterday at 19:19 via mobile
    Jeremy Portelli Luke Stivala il qawl tieghi jghid hekk ragel jahseb hafna ax b zewg ti irjus mara tlablab hafna ax b zewg ti hluq
    Yesterday at 19:19 · 1
    Dario Vella IL-Kandidat il-gdid
    Yesterday at 19:44 · 1
    Jeremy Portelli loool kiku mhux min habba xogholi …..min jaf…. Dario Vella

  18. Futur Imcajpar says:

    I’m so glad I support a party for which there is no cause to blush every other day.

  19. vanni says:

    Isn’t it such a great coincidence that it was Malta Today who had a camera up and running during this incident? Not The Times, not the Independent, but that most impartial of newspapers.

    And the whole clip as well. I do wonder when that august newspaper is going to start predicting Super 5 numbers. Saviour must be peeing in his pants with excitement.

  20. village says:

    Leadership material.

  21. Miriam says:

    Malta needs SImon Busuttil – NOW

  22. Gahan says:

    Osservajt fil-video li Jeremy QATT ma setgha jircievi dik l-ittra bhala kaccatur. Mela ma jistghax ihossu offiz ghax hu ma rceviex l-ittra.

    Hija iktar minn ovvja li dan iz-zaghzugh li jahdem fuq xi rigg taz-zejt fil-Bahar tat-Tramuntana qatt ma kkonvincietu din l-ittra biex jivvota PN. Dejjem ivvota Labour u allura hadd ma dahaq bih.

    Il-body language u l-mod kif jaqbez minn argument ghal-iehor juri precizament x’jiffacjaw in-nies li jivvutaw PN minghand il-Laburisti meta jqum xi argument fuq il-politika.

    Simon impressjonani bil-kalma u c-karezza tat-twegiba ragunata li ta lil Jeremy.

    Fuq il-kacca Joseph m’hu se jghid xejn , baghat lil Jeremy jirraprezenta lilu nnifsu attaparsi iltaqa’ ma’ Simon fuq il-bankina.

    Mid-dehra Jeremy ittrenjah xi hadd kif ghandu jqieghed il-kliem: “Jiddispjacini ghal-mod kif itrattana l-Partit Nazzjonalista lilna l-kaccaturi…”.

    Normalment kaccatur jghidlek: “Fenech Adami tnejjek bina u gidbilna meta baghtilna dik l-ittra qabel l-elezzjoni”.

    Ta’ l-ahhar: il-Labour jinkwieta jekk il-gays ghandomx id-dritt jaghtu d-demm jew il-kaccaturi ghandomx dritt johorgu fir-Rebbiegha.

  23. RJC says:

    This guy is being encouraged to take up politics.

    Such are the qualifications required to be a Labour candidate.

  24. NGT says:

    One comment that appears in Malta Today:

    POSTED BY: il-bully — 01/02/2013 12:43:48 To me this quoted question is like that King in the story parading in the nude for all to see, with the court jester knowing the King is nude but yell: ‘I urge anyone with any information to come forward and speak to the King if he disagree of the King’s outfit’ it had to be that little boy so the story goes who said that we have a stupid King if he do not realize he is nude and do not want to correct himself!

  25. Joe Micallef says:

    I may be wrong but I believe this is the same twerp who was outside parliament putting on a show following one of the earlier no confidence votes.

  26. Oops says:

    FKNK has been eagerly emailing out this video clip to anyone they have on their mailing list.

    Besides the fact that Dr Busutill handled the situation extremely well, whoever was behind this is plain stupid.

    Are these same people prepared to investigate if this guy has a serious criminal record in the first place and then publicly associate themselves with him?

  27. Lupi says:

    Hallih ha jivvota lil-Labour ha jibqa bl-istess.

    Nesa li dhalna fil-EU, veru kaz ta’ kaccatur indannat.

  28. Mark says:

    Labour’s Joe the plumber.

  29. ian says:

    The Dario Vella he’s chatting to is the same Dario Vella from your ‘Campaign video of the month’ post.

    http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/campaign-video-of-the-month/

  30. Wilson says:

    Brilliant response! Hunting licence 50 euros plus – that’s cheap. What is he complaining about?

  31. Alex says:

    He wasn’t even an adult when we voted for EU membership and even less did he carry a gun back then, although he physically looks much older.

    So Simon in theory does not owe him any explanation. Jesus, they don’t get one right. At least they could have sent someone slightly older.

  32. Mangion says:

    Hasra ma tafx bih Moira Orfei.

  33. me says:

    Ma jistax dan il-bahnan jitlob lil Muscat jaghmel referendum fuq il-kacca meta u jekk jiehu il-gvern.

  34. Claude Sciberras says:

    Simon was fantastic here – calm and composed – we need more politicians like him.

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