BBC in rare sighting of Hairless Yeti
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May 10, 2013 at 12:43am
The BBC has been lucky enough to spot and corner Malta’s very own yeti, Joseph Muscat, who has been – to use a phrase this hopelessly inarticulate man repeated twice in one reply – behind a sort of firewall for these last two months.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22405349
“But Mr Muscat told the BBC that the country’s finances were in healthy shape.
He said Malta was enjoying moderate growth and debt was under control.”
Dr. Lawrence Gonzi and Tonio Fenech should put that in a frame.
Indeed they should.
Why didn’t he tell them that he’s doing a better job than Gonzi? That was his electoral battle cry.
If he told them that the BBC reporters would have bombarded him with a flood of unanswerable thorny questions.
If I weren’t in the same boat I would have enjoyed reading such an interview.
So the Nationalist’s slogan “Healthy Finances” (Finanzi fis-sod) turned out to be real. What is not real is Labour’s slogan “Malta belongs to all of us” (Malta Taghna Ilkoll).
Canon, you couldn’t put it better.
Not good PR to be photographed being so close and pally with Hollande, especially on your first interview with the international media and when talking about Malta’s finances.
Mill-Lejber, x’tistenna?
Prophecies of impending doom because of huge national debts, strictly for consumption by a local credulous Labourite audience and contrasting eulogies for Malta’s proven excellent performance under a Nationalist Party government for consuption by an international BBC audience.
Shameless duplicity at its worst by those notorious for their penchant for “ftit tbazwir lil hawn u ftit tbazwir lil hemm” and the Maltese proverb of “Il-gideb ghomru qasir”.
A perfect illustration of the Latin proverb of the gods driving mad those whom they intend to destroy, hopefully before the completion of five years of demolition work.
The worst think a eurozone PM can say these days is, ‘we don’t need a bailout.’
It usually turns out they’re next.
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good one ‘Canon’….BINGO
And what do you think of the fact that he told the BBC reporter that it was Hollande who said that Malta is a haven but, not a tax haven?
It struck me as lack of self-confidence. Perhaps he thought that coming from him it would not be credible?
So Malta was not in such a bad shape after all… Seems like the tune has changed
The Government has issued Government Stocks that mature in 2018 and 2028. My question is what will happen to these stocks in case of a bailout.