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	Comments on: Labour MP Marlene Farrugia calls Norman Vella&#8217;s treatment &#8220;abusive&#8221; and &#8220;bad&#8221;	</title>
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		By: Tabatha White		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tabatha White]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2013 22:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/labour-mp-marlene-farrugia-calls-norman-vellas-treatment-abusive-and-bad/#comment-1335797&quot;&gt;Joe Fenech&lt;/a&gt;.

The future has a way of randomly interfering with &quot;well-set&quot; plans. With some luck, and if we all do our bit in actively going half-way to meet it, maybe that shift will happen with, or without that randomly induced additional help.

An action a day to keep Labour away. 

That, each one of us is in a position to do. Have a conversation, contribute in some way, simply make a conscious effort to notice more of what should not be there: with a zoom in and out of a particular area, be firm in our own values and convictions, take time to explain what should be clear and isn&#039;t...Actions count.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/labour-mp-marlene-farrugia-calls-norman-vellas-treatment-abusive-and-bad/#comment-1335797">Joe Fenech</a>.</p>
<p>The future has a way of randomly interfering with &#8220;well-set&#8221; plans. With some luck, and if we all do our bit in actively going half-way to meet it, maybe that shift will happen with, or without that randomly induced additional help.</p>
<p>An action a day to keep Labour away. </p>
<p>That, each one of us is in a position to do. Have a conversation, contribute in some way, simply make a conscious effort to notice more of what should not be there: with a zoom in and out of a particular area, be firm in our own values and convictions, take time to explain what should be clear and isn&#8217;t&#8230;Actions count.</p>
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		By: Joe Fenech		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/labour-mp-marlene-farrugia-calls-norman-vellas-treatment-abusive-and-bad/#comment-1336455</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Fenech]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2013 17:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/labour-mp-marlene-farrugia-calls-norman-vellas-treatment-abusive-and-bad/#comment-1335797&quot;&gt;Joe Fenech&lt;/a&gt;.

No one can rub off the Mintoff spirit : Mintoff = Labour. There was one Alfred Sant who tried but he soon gave up.

Within a party  that shelters a community of power-junkies, an implosion will take place once dormant factions start competing with each other.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/labour-mp-marlene-farrugia-calls-norman-vellas-treatment-abusive-and-bad/#comment-1335797">Joe Fenech</a>.</p>
<p>No one can rub off the Mintoff spirit : Mintoff = Labour. There was one Alfred Sant who tried but he soon gave up.</p>
<p>Within a party  that shelters a community of power-junkies, an implosion will take place once dormant factions start competing with each other.</p>
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		By: We are living in Financial Times		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/labour-mp-marlene-farrugia-calls-norman-vellas-treatment-abusive-and-bad/#comment-1336259</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[We are living in Financial Times]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2013 14:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/labour-mp-marlene-farrugia-calls-norman-vellas-treatment-abusive-and-bad/#comment-1335580&quot;&gt;Albert Bonnici&lt;/a&gt;.

Carry out a proper analysis of the staff content for Where&#039;s Everybody since its inception, and the source of that staff.

Especially, in the light of recent revelations.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/labour-mp-marlene-farrugia-calls-norman-vellas-treatment-abusive-and-bad/#comment-1335580">Albert Bonnici</a>.</p>
<p>Carry out a proper analysis of the staff content for Where&#8217;s Everybody since its inception, and the source of that staff.</p>
<p>Especially, in the light of recent revelations.</p>
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		By: Neil		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Neil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2013 13:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/labour-mp-marlene-farrugia-calls-norman-vellas-treatment-abusive-and-bad/#comment-1335797&quot;&gt;Joe Fenech&lt;/a&gt;.

Baxxter&#039;s right - there is no way it can or will happen, particularly with this lot who are still in a state of ecstasy at finally being in power, and sure of staying for a full legislature. No change before 2018 at the very earliest.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/labour-mp-marlene-farrugia-calls-norman-vellas-treatment-abusive-and-bad/#comment-1335797">Joe Fenech</a>.</p>
<p>Baxxter&#8217;s right &#8211; there is no way it can or will happen, particularly with this lot who are still in a state of ecstasy at finally being in power, and sure of staying for a full legislature. No change before 2018 at the very earliest.</p>
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		By: M. Borg		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[M. Borg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2013 12:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/labour-mp-marlene-farrugia-calls-norman-vellas-treatment-abusive-and-bad/#comment-1334911&quot;&gt;anthony&lt;/a&gt;.

As Winston Churchill once said,

&quot;The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.&quot;

Wise words which are sadly very apt in the case of this pathetic country.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/labour-mp-marlene-farrugia-calls-norman-vellas-treatment-abusive-and-bad/#comment-1334911">anthony</a>.</p>
<p>As Winston Churchill once said,</p>
<p>&#8220;The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.&#8221;</p>
<p>Wise words which are sadly very apt in the case of this pathetic country.</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 11:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/labour-mp-marlene-farrugia-calls-norman-vellas-treatment-abusive-and-bad/#comment-1335797&quot;&gt;Joe Fenech&lt;/a&gt;.

I have yet to see a socio-historico-economic majority of 36,000 &quot;imploding&quot;. It&#039;s physically impossible. We&#039;d have had to kill Mintoff in his cradle, long ago. Now it&#039;s too late.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/labour-mp-marlene-farrugia-calls-norman-vellas-treatment-abusive-and-bad/#comment-1335797">Joe Fenech</a>.</p>
<p>I have yet to see a socio-historico-economic majority of 36,000 &#8220;imploding&#8221;. It&#8217;s physically impossible. We&#8217;d have had to kill Mintoff in his cradle, long ago. Now it&#8217;s too late.</p>
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		By: Joe Fenech		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/labour-mp-marlene-farrugia-calls-norman-vellas-treatment-abusive-and-bad/#comment-1335906</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Fenech]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2013 11:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/labour-mp-marlene-farrugia-calls-norman-vellas-treatment-abusive-and-bad/#comment-1334945&quot;&gt;H.P. Baxxter&lt;/a&gt;.

Blanket utterances on the lines of &quot;every person within PL is corrupt&quot; makes one sound like Beppe Grillo or Nick Farrage.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/labour-mp-marlene-farrugia-calls-norman-vellas-treatment-abusive-and-bad/#comment-1334945">H.P. Baxxter</a>.</p>
<p>Blanket utterances on the lines of &#8220;every person within PL is corrupt&#8221; makes one sound like Beppe Grillo or Nick Farrage.</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 10:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/labour-mp-marlene-farrugia-calls-norman-vellas-treatment-abusive-and-bad/#comment-1334947&quot;&gt;H.P. Baxxter&lt;/a&gt;.

Precisely that.  Evil and Manipulating.  These are all tactics.  As if JM would have allowed a real dissenter to voice a contrary opinion. 

&quot;Perception is real even when it is not reality:&quot; that is a concept they operate with.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/labour-mp-marlene-farrugia-calls-norman-vellas-treatment-abusive-and-bad/#comment-1334947">H.P. Baxxter</a>.</p>
<p>Precisely that.  Evil and Manipulating.  These are all tactics.  As if JM would have allowed a real dissenter to voice a contrary opinion. </p>
<p>&#8220;Perception is real even when it is not reality:&#8221; that is a concept they operate with.</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 10:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/labour-mp-marlene-farrugia-calls-norman-vellas-treatment-abusive-and-bad/#comment-1334962&quot;&gt;Neil&lt;/a&gt;.

There is a policy of individual non-accommodation of a deceitful government that everyone is in a position to adopt.

I believe that is why they made sure to put their people in place everywhere, before the onslaught of deceit begins.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/labour-mp-marlene-farrugia-calls-norman-vellas-treatment-abusive-and-bad/#comment-1334962">Neil</a>.</p>
<p>There is a policy of individual non-accommodation of a deceitful government that everyone is in a position to adopt.</p>
<p>I believe that is why they made sure to put their people in place everywhere, before the onslaught of deceit begins.</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 10:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/labour-mp-marlene-farrugia-calls-norman-vellas-treatment-abusive-and-bad/#comment-1334945&quot;&gt;H.P. Baxxter&lt;/a&gt;.

I had the same thought, Baxxter.

A voice within the camp that those with the beginning of feelings of misgiving can align themselves with, rather than exporting them to the Opposition.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/labour-mp-marlene-farrugia-calls-norman-vellas-treatment-abusive-and-bad/#comment-1334945">H.P. Baxxter</a>.</p>
<p>I had the same thought, Baxxter.</p>
<p>A voice within the camp that those with the beginning of feelings of misgiving can align themselves with, rather than exporting them to the Opposition.</p>
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