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	Comments on: Fat Frog Politics: it&#8217;s back to the schoolyard as Manuel Mallia tells the Opposition, &#8220;You&#8217;re jealous of our passport plans.&#8221;	</title>
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	<description>Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta.</description>
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		By: Josette		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josette]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2013 17:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/fat-frog-politics-its-back-to-the-schoolyard-as-manuel-mallia-tells-the-opposition-youre-jealous-of-our-passport-plans/#comment-1335744&quot;&gt;Manuel&lt;/a&gt;.

The fat frog understands and very well the risks for Malta ... he just couldn&#039;t care less.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/fat-frog-politics-its-back-to-the-schoolyard-as-manuel-mallia-tells-the-opposition-youre-jealous-of-our-passport-plans/#comment-1335744">Manuel</a>.</p>
<p>The fat frog understands and very well the risks for Malta &#8230; he just couldn&#8217;t care less.</p>
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		By: Nana		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nana]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Henley is taking €240.000 commission on every passport it sells.  Who knows maybe there are people who get a cut or kickback from that. Corruption a la Partit Laburista.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Henley is taking €240.000 commission on every passport it sells.  Who knows maybe there are people who get a cut or kickback from that. Corruption a la Partit Laburista.</p>
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		By: H.P. Baxxter		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[H.P. Baxxter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/fat-frog-politics-its-back-to-the-schoolyard-as-manuel-mallia-tells-the-opposition-youre-jealous-of-our-passport-plans/#comment-1335911&quot;&gt;H.P. Baxxter&lt;/a&gt;.

Simon Busuttil can be faulted on many counts, but he is not beholden to any bazuzlu. What a refreshing change.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/fat-frog-politics-its-back-to-the-schoolyard-as-manuel-mallia-tells-the-opposition-youre-jealous-of-our-passport-plans/#comment-1335911">H.P. Baxxter</a>.</p>
<p>Simon Busuttil can be faulted on many counts, but he is not beholden to any bazuzlu. What a refreshing change.</p>
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		By: Natalie		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natalie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/fat-frog-politics-its-back-to-the-schoolyard-as-manuel-mallia-tells-the-opposition-youre-jealous-of-our-passport-plans/#comment-1335615&quot;&gt;Anthony Briffa&lt;/a&gt;.

Actually, I heard Jason Azzopardi saying just that on dot Net yesterday morning but I think it was a repetition programme.

He said that a future PN government will revoke all passports which are dubious especially if PL insists on keeping recipients of citizenship secret.  

He said that this was not the official standing of the PN yet as they&#039;re still hoping that common sense and decency will prevail.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/fat-frog-politics-its-back-to-the-schoolyard-as-manuel-mallia-tells-the-opposition-youre-jealous-of-our-passport-plans/#comment-1335615">Anthony Briffa</a>.</p>
<p>Actually, I heard Jason Azzopardi saying just that on dot Net yesterday morning but I think it was a repetition programme.</p>
<p>He said that a future PN government will revoke all passports which are dubious especially if PL insists on keeping recipients of citizenship secret.  </p>
<p>He said that this was not the official standing of the PN yet as they&#8217;re still hoping that common sense and decency will prevail.</p>
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		By: wardaddoqq		</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2013 14:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thanks Dr.Azzopardi.No the PN is not in a deep slumber.It is just not like the PL which is an empty vessel making the most sound.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Dr.Azzopardi.No the PN is not in a deep slumber.It is just not like the PL which is an empty vessel making the most sound.</p>
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		By: winston psaila		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[winston psaila]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2013 13:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/fat-frog-politics-its-back-to-the-schoolyard-as-manuel-mallia-tells-the-opposition-youre-jealous-of-our-passport-plans/#comment-1335911&quot;&gt;H.P. Baxxter&lt;/a&gt;.

I cannot but totally agree with you especially on the last sentence. 

The adrenalin of any party depends upon how its supporters pump it in. I don&#039;t think that anybody can dispute the immense prop that Fenech Adami gave his party when Opposition Leader and eventually Prime Minister but it will be a huge mistake to minimise the great contribution given by Louis Galea as Secretary General and the ever increasing dependence of the members whenever asked to rally around. 

A party gets eroded when its representatives start to believe themselves to be demi-gods and that they are irreplaceable. This normally happens when their &#039;coterie of fawning canvassers&#039; start feeding them the drivel they like to hear rather than the truth that they need to absorb. This they do for obvious reasons.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/fat-frog-politics-its-back-to-the-schoolyard-as-manuel-mallia-tells-the-opposition-youre-jealous-of-our-passport-plans/#comment-1335911">H.P. Baxxter</a>.</p>
<p>I cannot but totally agree with you especially on the last sentence. </p>
<p>The adrenalin of any party depends upon how its supporters pump it in. I don&#8217;t think that anybody can dispute the immense prop that Fenech Adami gave his party when Opposition Leader and eventually Prime Minister but it will be a huge mistake to minimise the great contribution given by Louis Galea as Secretary General and the ever increasing dependence of the members whenever asked to rally around. </p>
<p>A party gets eroded when its representatives start to believe themselves to be demi-gods and that they are irreplaceable. This normally happens when their &#8216;coterie of fawning canvassers&#8217; start feeding them the drivel they like to hear rather than the truth that they need to absorb. This they do for obvious reasons.</p>
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		By: Tabatha White		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tabatha White]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2013 12:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/fat-frog-politics-its-back-to-the-schoolyard-as-manuel-mallia-tells-the-opposition-youre-jealous-of-our-passport-plans/#comment-1335615&quot;&gt;Anthony Briffa&lt;/a&gt;.

Well said, Baxxter.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/fat-frog-politics-its-back-to-the-schoolyard-as-manuel-mallia-tells-the-opposition-youre-jealous-of-our-passport-plans/#comment-1335615">Anthony Briffa</a>.</p>
<p>Well said, Baxxter.</p>
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		By: Jozef		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jozef]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2013 12:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yes, it is scandalous that the Malta Labour Party, manages to exploit the plight of people fleeing their country, where the rich get to save their skin.

I knew Muscat wasn&#039;t at all leftist, but this takes it to a new level. 

Trying to imagine the world these people inhabit makes me, frankly, sick. One where a watch has to be gold if it must fit, where a wife is trophy, work nothing but an ego trip. 

I had no idea the worst traits could be personified by Labour to this extent, hypocrisy, convenience and indolence rule. 

Where have all the leftist &#039;intellectuals&#039; gone? Zammit Marmara, Ghirxi, Spiteri, Licari et al, where are you? 

Gone are your rallying cries for equality, utopia, rights, minorities, peace, social justice. You&#039;ve been had, all of you. 

You utter w*nkers.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, it is scandalous that the Malta Labour Party, manages to exploit the plight of people fleeing their country, where the rich get to save their skin.</p>
<p>I knew Muscat wasn&#8217;t at all leftist, but this takes it to a new level. </p>
<p>Trying to imagine the world these people inhabit makes me, frankly, sick. One where a watch has to be gold if it must fit, where a wife is trophy, work nothing but an ego trip. </p>
<p>I had no idea the worst traits could be personified by Labour to this extent, hypocrisy, convenience and indolence rule. </p>
<p>Where have all the leftist &#8216;intellectuals&#8217; gone? Zammit Marmara, Ghirxi, Spiteri, Licari et al, where are you? </p>
<p>Gone are your rallying cries for equality, utopia, rights, minorities, peace, social justice. You&#8217;ve been had, all of you. </p>
<p>You utter w*nkers.</p>
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		By: H.P. Baxxter		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[H.P. Baxxter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2013 11:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/fat-frog-politics-its-back-to-the-schoolyard-as-manuel-mallia-tells-the-opposition-youre-jealous-of-our-passport-plans/#comment-1335710&quot;&gt;winston psaila&lt;/a&gt;.

The thing is, those calling for a change in leadership are thinking of Jason Azzopardi in terms of an Opposition Leader. But you have to think of the Opposition Leader in terms of a future prime minister. The last thing that Malta needs, after the devastation wreaked by Labour, is yet another home-grown, streetwise, Maltese-trained PM with his coterie of canvassers and hangers-on.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/fat-frog-politics-its-back-to-the-schoolyard-as-manuel-mallia-tells-the-opposition-youre-jealous-of-our-passport-plans/#comment-1335710">winston psaila</a>.</p>
<p>The thing is, those calling for a change in leadership are thinking of Jason Azzopardi in terms of an Opposition Leader. But you have to think of the Opposition Leader in terms of a future prime minister. The last thing that Malta needs, after the devastation wreaked by Labour, is yet another home-grown, streetwise, Maltese-trained PM with his coterie of canvassers and hangers-on.</p>
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		By: H.P. Baxxter		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[H.P. Baxxter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2013 11:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/fat-frog-politics-its-back-to-the-schoolyard-as-manuel-mallia-tells-the-opposition-youre-jealous-of-our-passport-plans/#comment-1335615&quot;&gt;Anthony Briffa&lt;/a&gt;.

You&#039;re all talking bollocks. And most of you are lawyers too. What if these new Maltese citizens, between now and a PN victory (some time in the deep future) renounce any other citizenships and keep just the Maltese one? What then? 

Will we make them stateless? Can&#039;t you see this is foolish talk? If anything is to be done, it must be done now. And l-Istrina season be damned.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/fat-frog-politics-its-back-to-the-schoolyard-as-manuel-mallia-tells-the-opposition-youre-jealous-of-our-passport-plans/#comment-1335615">Anthony Briffa</a>.</p>
<p>You&#8217;re all talking bollocks. And most of you are lawyers too. What if these new Maltese citizens, between now and a PN victory (some time in the deep future) renounce any other citizenships and keep just the Maltese one? What then? </p>
<p>Will we make them stateless? Can&#8217;t you see this is foolish talk? If anything is to be done, it must be done now. And l-Istrina season be damned.</p>
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