<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	
	>
<channel>
	<title>
	Comments on: So he had booked the planes already, even as he told the press that he was &#8216;considering all options&#8217;	</title>
	<atom:link href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/07/so-he-had-booked-the-planes-already-even-as-he-told-the-press-that-he-was-considering-all-options/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/07/so-he-had-booked-the-planes-already-even-as-he-told-the-press-that-he-was-considering-all-options/</link>
	<description>Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2013 22:16:06 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<sy:updatePeriod>
	hourly	</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>
	1	</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4</generator>
	<item>
		<title>
		By: glaswegian		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/07/so-he-had-booked-the-planes-already-even-as-he-told-the-press-that-he-was-considering-all-options/#comment-1130277</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[glaswegian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2013 22:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=34401#comment-1130277</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Can I please remind everyone that during The Times Big Debate (minute 5:00 in the following video) Muscat mentioned that he was in favor of a pushback policy:

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130226/elections-news/livestream.459175

Because I&#039;m fed up of seeing fb statuses and comments of people condemning Muscat&#039;s actions, when they were the people that elected him.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can I please remind everyone that during The Times Big Debate (minute 5:00 in the following video) Muscat mentioned that he was in favor of a pushback policy:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130226/elections-news/livestream.459175" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130226/elections-news/livestream.459175</a></p>
<p>Because I&#8217;m fed up of seeing fb statuses and comments of people condemning Muscat&#8217;s actions, when they were the people that elected him.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>
		By: Weird no ?		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/07/so-he-had-booked-the-planes-already-even-as-he-told-the-press-that-he-was-considering-all-options/#comment-1130155</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Weird no ?]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2013 21:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=34401#comment-1130155</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/07/so-he-had-booked-the-planes-already-even-as-he-told-the-press-that-he-was-considering-all-options/#comment-1129279&quot;&gt;La Redoute&lt;/a&gt;.

She could go waive them goodbye with a big expensive handbag on her arm...and take her kids with her to show them their father&#039;s doing.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/07/so-he-had-booked-the-planes-already-even-as-he-told-the-press-that-he-was-considering-all-options/#comment-1129279">La Redoute</a>.</p>
<p>She could go waive them goodbye with a big expensive handbag on her arm&#8230;and take her kids with her to show them their father&#8217;s doing.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>
		By: Weird no ?		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/07/so-he-had-booked-the-planes-already-even-as-he-told-the-press-that-he-was-considering-all-options/#comment-1130151</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Weird no ?]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2013 21:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=34401#comment-1130151</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Will Manuel Mallia take them fruit in cellophane before they go ?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Will Manuel Mallia take them fruit in cellophane before they go ?</p>
]]></content:encoded>
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>
		By: fm		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/07/so-he-had-booked-the-planes-already-even-as-he-told-the-press-that-he-was-considering-all-options/#comment-1130014</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[fm]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2013 20:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=34401#comment-1130014</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[if during summer peak season Air Malta has 2 planes to spare on standby something is terribly wrong, or most probably Muscat was just bluffing.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>if during summer peak season Air Malta has 2 planes to spare on standby something is terribly wrong, or most probably Muscat was just bluffing.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>
		By: Sparky		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/07/so-he-had-booked-the-planes-already-even-as-he-told-the-press-that-he-was-considering-all-options/#comment-1129647</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sparky]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2013 17:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=34401#comment-1129647</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[People without brains resort to savage tactics. It is blatantly obvious that a problem exists but going about sending people back won&#039;t solve anything. 

An astute politician would do things differently without putting lives at risk. What is muscat thinking? Pushback is no deterrent; the problem needs  a solution at source. 

Muscat is ridiculously incompetent. 

Might is not always right. 

I think that Muscat hasn&#039;t got the mettle to handle this and is only too aware that the EU will block attempts at pushback. He is trying to score points by, once again i would add, playing with emotion and fueling mass hysteria. 

Muscat would have been briefed that sending the latest group of arrivals would be met by a &#039;no way&#039; reply so thought he had nothing to lose. He then speaks of how the government means business. Cheap talk, Muscat.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>People without brains resort to savage tactics. It is blatantly obvious that a problem exists but going about sending people back won&#8217;t solve anything. </p>
<p>An astute politician would do things differently without putting lives at risk. What is muscat thinking? Pushback is no deterrent; the problem needs  a solution at source. </p>
<p>Muscat is ridiculously incompetent. </p>
<p>Might is not always right. </p>
<p>I think that Muscat hasn&#8217;t got the mettle to handle this and is only too aware that the EU will block attempts at pushback. He is trying to score points by, once again i would add, playing with emotion and fueling mass hysteria. </p>
<p>Muscat would have been briefed that sending the latest group of arrivals would be met by a &#8216;no way&#8217; reply so thought he had nothing to lose. He then speaks of how the government means business. Cheap talk, Muscat.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>
		By: Adrian		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/07/so-he-had-booked-the-planes-already-even-as-he-told-the-press-that-he-was-considering-all-options/#comment-1129339</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adrian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2013 15:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=34401#comment-1129339</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Malta has gone Far Right by voting a pseudo Socialist in power. Shame on Malta! Am ashamed of being Maltese.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Malta has gone Far Right by voting a pseudo Socialist in power. Shame on Malta! Am ashamed of being Maltese.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>
		By: FP		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/07/so-he-had-booked-the-planes-already-even-as-he-told-the-press-that-he-was-considering-all-options/#comment-1129321</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[FP]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2013 15:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=34401#comment-1129321</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[&quot;This is not push-back, it is a signal that we are not push overs&quot; - Joseph Muscat&#039;s (yet to be famous) words.

Daphne, the individuals you mentioned would never have believed you when you were telling them and all the other PL campaign promoters that they were being used by Joseph Muscat.

I hope that now, after hearing Muscat&#039;s own words, they realise that he&#039;ll use ANYONE as means to his ends, whatever those ends are, and at whatever cost.

He&#039;s now using men, women, and children, who are in the most desperate of situations, as &quot;a signal&quot;!

What a bloody poser for a PM.  He&#039;s not fit to run a pig farm, let alone a country.

Do they still think that Joseph Muscat would think twice to use them and any likewise gullible volunteer as mere props in his campaign?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;This is not push-back, it is a signal that we are not push overs&#8221; &#8211; Joseph Muscat&#8217;s (yet to be famous) words.</p>
<p>Daphne, the individuals you mentioned would never have believed you when you were telling them and all the other PL campaign promoters that they were being used by Joseph Muscat.</p>
<p>I hope that now, after hearing Muscat&#8217;s own words, they realise that he&#8217;ll use ANYONE as means to his ends, whatever those ends are, and at whatever cost.</p>
<p>He&#8217;s now using men, women, and children, who are in the most desperate of situations, as &#8220;a signal&#8221;!</p>
<p>What a bloody poser for a PM.  He&#8217;s not fit to run a pig farm, let alone a country.</p>
<p>Do they still think that Joseph Muscat would think twice to use them and any likewise gullible volunteer as mere props in his campaign?</p>
]]></content:encoded>
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>
		By: Wot the Hack		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/07/so-he-had-booked-the-planes-already-even-as-he-told-the-press-that-he-was-considering-all-options/#comment-1129317</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wot the Hack]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2013 15:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=34401#comment-1129317</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/07/so-he-had-booked-the-planes-already-even-as-he-told-the-press-that-he-was-considering-all-options/#comment-1129302&quot;&gt;Liberal&lt;/a&gt;.

We now understand better those Mussolini poses of the Prime Minister.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/07/so-he-had-booked-the-planes-already-even-as-he-told-the-press-that-he-was-considering-all-options/#comment-1129302">Liberal</a>.</p>
<p>We now understand better those Mussolini poses of the Prime Minister.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>
		By: Liberal		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/07/so-he-had-booked-the-planes-already-even-as-he-told-the-press-that-he-was-considering-all-options/#comment-1129302</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liberal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2013 15:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=34401#comment-1129302</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the new Fascist Malta.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to the new Fascist Malta.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>
		By: La Redoute		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/07/so-he-had-booked-the-planes-already-even-as-he-told-the-press-that-he-was-considering-all-options/#comment-1129279</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[La Redoute]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2013 15:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=34401#comment-1129279</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Michelle Muscat habitually steps in for her husband. How about doing so now and putting an end to his madness?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Michelle Muscat habitually steps in for her husband. How about doing so now and putting an end to his madness?</p>
]]></content:encoded>
		
			</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

<!--
Performance optimized by W3 Total Cache. Learn more: https://www.boldgrid.com/w3-total-cache/?utm_source=w3tc&utm_medium=footer_comment&utm_campaign=free_plugin

Object Caching 10/17 objects using Redis
Page Caching using Disk: Enhanced 

Served from: daphnecaruanagalizia.com @ 2026-03-17 11:45:16 by W3 Total Cache
-->