The DOI and Maltastar haven’t informed us yet that the prime minister has featured in Time magazine

Published: October 19, 2013 at 9:48am

Maybe they can see, as I do, that in this carelessly (or carefully, I would say) chosen photograph he looks like some pink, balding and plump aging former catamite who for some reason the Maltese chose to make their prime minister. Given that his other look is Phil Mitchell from Eastenders, there is really not much choice.

At least they didn’t give his choice quotes involving turning a blind face, drowning ships and sinking people, so for small mercies…

Muscat_Time magazine




18 Comments Comment

  1. Gingervitis says:

    When losing your hair could be a blessing…only 1 month to go.

    http://iamhilarious.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/kick-a-ginger1.jpg

  2. La Redoute says:

    Will Mama Michelle stick that one in the family album, I wonder?

  3. canon says:

    Prime Minister Joseph Muscat should take the advice from John F. Kennedy and ask not what Europe can do for him but what he can do for Europe.

  4. imbellah says:

    I think he is showing us the budget surprise.

  5. Maltease says:

    So proud to be Maltese…NOT

  6. Ta'Sapienza says:

    Uurgh.

  7. gorg says:

    So unfair. That’s Sandro Chetcuti’s move.

  8. H.P. Baxxter says:

    The phrase is still wrong.

    It should have been “we are turning the Mediterranean into a graveyard”. You don’t “build” a graveyard. And “cemetery” gives him away as Maltese.

  9. Zunzana Blu says:

    He looks just like a Thunderbirds puppet.

  10. Deep throat says:

    And what cemetery is he building? Perhaps a cemetery for burying the pre-election slogans of meritocracy, transparency etc?

  11. Osservatore says:

    Could we please have a caption competition. This photo really lends itself to one.

  12. Matthew S says:

    Here’s something which Joseph Muscat never tells his racist supporters:

    “Last year, Germany, France, Sweden, Britain and Belgium received more requests for asylum than Italy. As a share of the population, Scandinavia, Switzerland and Ireland bear a greater refugee burden than Italy. And don’t forget that four-fifths of the world’s refugees live in poor countries.”

    The Economist, October 12th

    To think that Joseph Muscat actually had the gall to tell Cecilia Malmstrom to take the immigrants to Sweden if she’s so concerned about them, with his supporters chipping in and telling her to keep them between her legs . Now who’s left looking like a fool?

    The reason that the majority of immigrants into Europe get less news coverage is because their entrance tends to be less dramatic. Instead of coming in on a rickety boat, they usually enter legally on a plane and overstay when their visa expires. The other reason is probably because they deal with the situation with a minimum of fuss and without engaging in the whinging and whining which our prime minister is so fond of.

    Here’s something else Joseph Muscat doesn’t say: A system of migrant distribution will have to work both ways. If northern and central European countries take in the majority of immigrants, it might very well be that Malta will have to take in more immigrants not less.

    Please also note that Malta and Italy have never offered these countries any help with their immigrant situation, which makes northern and central Europe look decidedly less evil than Joseph Muscat tries to paint it.

    http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21587802-deaths-lampedusa-highlight-europes-contradictions-over-immigration-adrift-about-boat

  13. Joseph Caruana says:

    “Daqs hekk kien fih, li gelt il-poplu Malti jiblà.”

  14. Mark Vassallo says:

    Practising his dance moves for the Ignatius Farrugia ‘wedding’.

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