Ray Azzopardi kills time while waiting to leave for Brussels by MC-ing at a band club in Vittoriosa
Ray Azzopardi organising a book signing for Joseph Muscat
Ray Azzopardi MC-ing at a fundraiser on Labour TV, with Michelle Muscat looking utterly ridiculous in a camel coat worn with a black hat and veil. A real class act, the two of them.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has released its postings order listing all new ambassadors and all outgoing ones. Ray Azzopardi, the Labour Party’s longtime MC (master of ceremonies for Super One fund-raisers, concerts, party mass meetings and similar) is not included in it despite the semi-official news that he is to be Malta’s new ambassador to Belgium.
There is no other ambassador to Belgium on the list.
The word is that Belgium has not yet given its ‘agreement’ to the appointment. The agreement of the receiving country is necessary. Around 20 years ago, Malta named Jaime Cremona as ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia refused him, and somebody else was sent instead. Perhaps the Saudis took exception (and justifiably so) to the former gynaecologist to the royal court returning as an ambassador to that same court. But two decades on and they’ve accepted him. Perhaps they don’t realise he’s the same man. Aged almosts 80, Jaime Cremona is off to Saudi as the Labour government’s appointee to the ambassadorship.
But back to Ray Azzopardi. While he waits for his appointment to receive the approval of the Belgian government (which is probably furious; I mean, this man was the long-time boyfriend of a married man, murdered in his hairdressing salon by a boy he cruised in Gzira and took back to that salon for sex, for crying out loud, which is why the Labour Party practically turned his burial into a state funeral) do you imagine that Azzopardi is conducting himself with dignity and aplomb to prove us all wrong?
No, he’s just carrying on as usual. Yesterday evening, he MC-ed a performance of the Prince of Wales Band Club in Vittoriosa. The audience of mainly Labour politicos was told that their Ray would soon be leaving Malta for other shores.
5 Comments Comment
Leave a Comment
You’ve always mentioned Michelle Muscat was a let-down but even so, I was unprepared for – and shocked by – the snake hiss that she exhales as she sticks the smile on her face.
My conclusion is that she is such a social climber that after her first “Helloooo” Rapid Assessment Scan, the snake hiss is a reaction she has little conscious control over.
Somebody really should inform her that there is a difference in the pronunciation of ‘Itwal’ and ‘Etoile.’
This man, and others, makes a mockery of this most delicate and important profession.
Daphne there is nothing wrong that a PM visits a band club the same thing that simon will today. Btw why are the people there to be lejber ? I am PN and also visited the Prince of Wales band club as did Laurence Gonzi .On the rest you always hit the nail on it’s head
Daphne, there is nothing wrong that I wore paraffin instead of cologne this morning and then wrapped myself in bacon rind instead of wearing a suit to the office. On the rest, gotbless you.
I am the President of the Prince of Wales Own Band Club and I can assure you that we do not choose our audience. Indeed, a large part of the people were foreigners.Just to put you in the picture, we invite all the candidates of our district, including all MEP’s and Dr. Lawrence Gonzi is, honorary president of our club as well as a good friend of mine. The misunderstanding must have arisen because during my brief address I thanked Ray Azzopardi for his participation for these last 20 years without ever asking for compensation, and i justified this by saying that in the near future he will be busy with a state appointment. (Impenn tal-Istat).
I can assure you in our club and even more during our feast, we do not involve politics in any way whatsoever, and I am sure that whoever related this story must have either misunderstood or wanted to mislead.