Well, if all of this activity was taking place from the Albany, Edward de Bono would probably have to be looking for new lodgings right now.

It’s not the sort of activity that’s tolerated.

The image guidelines are pretty strict, as Joseph discovered.

For the record: he was there.

I wonder why map.google.com DOES NOT allow anyone to have a closer look at that building.

“Surely the UK High Commission should be answering questions about one of its subjects? How does it feel that a UK national is on the World Bank blacklist?”

Trying to pass on the buck, are we? As usual.

I think you’ll find that it’s the Maltese government that has hired Nair as its consultant, not the British government. It’s the Maltese government that’s made him its envoy, not the British government. So the ones answering the questions should be the Maltese.

In the first deal, it will position itself within Enemalta with a share purchase valued Euro 200 million as an excuse to sell Chinese-manufactured photovoltaic panels, which will be labelled as ‘Made in Malta,’ into the EU.

In the second deal, involving Identity Malta – under which Chinese citizens can now buy a Maltese passport at a price of Euro 650,000 each – China can now export corruption into the EU under a Maltese passport, concealing the true Chinese identity of the perpetrators, as a result of which further deals can be made in the EU. Incidentally, the same can be said about other corrupt countries.

Welcome to Malta. China’s passport to the EU.

The UK are hardly the paragon of virtue. Shiv Nair has a British passport.

It would be interesting to know how he is entitled to it. Was he born in the UK or did he live there long enough to become entitled to it?

Surely the UK High Commission should be answering questions about one of its subjects? How does it feel that a UK national is on the World Bank blacklist?

And for the criminal lawyers – can this man be charged for criminal activity? Who has jurisdiction over him?

[Daphne – The matter was taken up in the House of Commons in 2000, and he was mentioned by name in a question to the relevant secretary of state. I had quoted the extract from Hansard. If you enter ‘Hansard’ into the search box, it will come up. Nair wasn’t yet debarred by the World Bank when he became a British subject. He was a British subject when he was blacklisted.]

Tootsies, at 120 Holland Park Avenue. Best hamburger in town.

The thing is, that when the scam is set, the participant to the scam is riding such a “positivity high” that he feels invincible.

The high does not last long: usually as long as it takes for the money to change hands.