Perhaps the bloke who was sitting next to Muscat in that seminar can explain.

Unless we’re second class citizens who can’t be privy to this ‘scheme’.

Ghax kienu jghidu li l-PN kien partit arroganti u jaghddi min fuq l-irjus tal-poplu.

[Daphne – You are wrong. Tax is tied to domicile if you are not an employee and to the country of your employment if you are an employee. A Maltese citizen who is employed in Manchester pays tax in Britain, not Malta. A Maltese citizen who makes a living from, say, writing books will, even if he lives in Britain, have to pay tax in Malta unless he is domiciled in Britain. This is all broadly speaking, but that’s the general principle. Outside the EU, more complicated issues come into play, like double taxation agreements and so on, but those are outside the purposes of this discussion.]

Can you imagine the outcry when say, the children of Russians who have bought Maltese passports are allowed entry to University without the anguish that us, English speaking families, have gone through year after year – turning our children into Maltese haters because of the ignorant notion that force feeding Maltese will ensure the language endures!

[Daphne – While I agree with you wholeheartedly that Maltese should not be an entry requirement for a university where the language of instruction is English, and especially when the rules discriminate between Maltese citizens and non-Maltese, I have absolutely no time or patience for the ‘struggles’ of ‘English-speaking’ families whose children can’t get an O-level in Maltese. Oh, and another thing: it’s not the system that force-feeds children with Maltese, but their parents. It’s just another school subject, for heaven’s sake. It’s hardly more difficult than physics or chemistry.]

This from a government that appointed a consultant blacklisted by the World Bank and another consultant who is currently under investigation by the European Commission, for irregular dealings.

I cannot imagine how one can survive and become rich in countries run by corrupt and despotic governments unless one joins the bandwagon and corrupts oneself.

But they said they are going to be highly networked people with plenty of talent, not with plenty of problems.