Comments on: He should have asked HuBastjan for tips on how to get halfway across the world and back in 48 hours, and fit a meeting in between https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/08/he-should-have-asked-hubastjan-for-tips-on-how-to-get-halfway-across-the-world-and-back-in-48-hours-and-fit-a-meeting-in-between/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Tue, 27 Aug 2013 09:47:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Edgar https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/08/he-should-have-asked-hubastjan-for-tips-on-how-to-get-halfway-across-the-world-and-back-in-48-hours-and-fit-a-meeting-in-between/#comment-1223754 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 09:47:06 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=36975#comment-1223754 Malta was better off with George Vella not being there. Brutta figura anqas.

]]> By: Paul Bonnici https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/08/he-should-have-asked-hubastjan-for-tips-on-how-to-get-halfway-across-the-world-and-back-in-48-hours-and-fit-a-meeting-in-between/#comment-1223650 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 08:16:26 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=36975#comment-1223650 Perfect, Daphne.

I like this post. It’s a disgrace that our foreign minister failed his duties.

]]> By: Qeghdin Sew https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/08/he-should-have-asked-hubastjan-for-tips-on-how-to-get-halfway-across-the-world-and-back-in-48-hours-and-fit-a-meeting-in-between/#comment-1223571 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 07:00:24 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=36975#comment-1223571 In reply to Grezz.

For all its crassness, I love that Maltese expression: kulhadd irid jah*i ‘l ommu.

]]> By: Mo https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/08/he-should-have-asked-hubastjan-for-tips-on-how-to-get-halfway-across-the-world-and-back-in-48-hours-and-fit-a-meeting-in-between/#comment-1223324 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 03:11:36 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=36975#comment-1223324 What is especially shameful is that an essential cornerstone of our foreign policy is to act as a ‘diplomatic bridge’ between the north and south, and east and west of the Mediterranean region, and this entails being an active voice for the southern Mediterranean in the EU.

As members of the 5+5 forum this also questions our commitment to Euro-Med affairs. If our foreign minister wasn’t present at such an important meeting, then exactly what is his role meant to be?

]]> By: anthony https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/08/he-should-have-asked-hubastjan-for-tips-on-how-to-get-halfway-across-the-world-and-back-in-48-hours-and-fit-a-meeting-in-between/#comment-1222958 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 21:07:02 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=36975#comment-1222958 In reply to Chris.

Cameron can only afford to spend his summer holidays in Cornwall.

He and his wife are only just multi millionaires.

Our foreign minister is only worth around a third of a million euros according to the declaration of assets.

So I assume he and his family were spending their summer holidays in Zejtun or at San Tumas.

]]> By: Grezz https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/08/he-should-have-asked-hubastjan-for-tips-on-how-to-get-halfway-across-the-world-and-back-in-48-hours-and-fit-a-meeting-in-between/#comment-1222621 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 17:20:16 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=36975#comment-1222621 In reply to Chris.

When there was the Libya crisis in February 2011, John Dalli dd not comment on the matter because, being on holiday (in Gozo), he was not following the news – or so, I believe, he said.

]]> By: carlos https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/08/he-should-have-asked-hubastjan-for-tips-on-how-to-get-halfway-across-the-world-and-back-in-48-hours-and-fit-a-meeting-in-between/#comment-1222607 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 17:09:13 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=36975#comment-1222607 U iva bih u minghajru mhux xorta. Tghid se jaghtu kaz xi jghid il-Ministru taghna.

]]> By: Eve https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/08/he-should-have-asked-hubastjan-for-tips-on-how-to-get-halfway-across-the-world-and-back-in-48-hours-and-fit-a-meeting-in-between/#comment-1222498 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 16:02:58 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=36975#comment-1222498 George Vella was always against Malta joining the EU.

When compared to their Nationalist predecessors, they are letting Malta down very badly. But who cares. As the English say – ‘All right me bu—er you Joe.”

Switchers we’re reaping the result of your voting for change just to spite the PN.

Sallabtu l-Malta wahda sew.

]]> By: Chris https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/08/he-should-have-asked-hubastjan-for-tips-on-how-to-get-halfway-across-the-world-and-back-in-48-hours-and-fit-a-meeting-in-between/#comment-1222465 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 15:38:55 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=36975#comment-1222465 To be fair David Cameron was in Cornwall. Our minister may have been in some far-off destination, away from planes, trains and automobiles. Incidentally does anyone know where he was exactly?

]]> By: ciccio https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/08/he-should-have-asked-hubastjan-for-tips-on-how-to-get-halfway-across-the-world-and-back-in-48-hours-and-fit-a-meeting-in-between/#comment-1222347 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 14:25:40 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=36975#comment-1222347 I am sure that in the next meeting of the EU foreign ministers George W. “Let us rein in the media’ Vella would be excused for his absence once he shows them his Kartanzjan.

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