How about doing what is right?

I mean even if we had got zero Euros in EU funds, EU membership is still the right thing. If we had been net contributors, it is still the right thing.

EU funds are to be spent against projects that have a long term effect, the expenditure is scrutinized and they need to have a positive impact on society at large, thus building a stronger economy and society.

The funds were obtained by Gonzi through strong negotiation and approval of the European parliament and commission, whilst Muscat is hoping to make an easy buck with potentially disastrous consequences.

Get-rich-quick schemes inherently encourage waste and abuse as there is no scrutiny at all and the effect is short-term. There was no negotiation involved, no convincing to be done. Actually the contrary is true, for there is EU-wide disgust at this ill-conceived scheme.

So the contrast is extremely evident: Joseph Muscat is only interested in appearance and is hollow, Laurence Gonzi wanted to build a stronger Malta.

Typical Mintoffian political economy. When Borg Olivier negotiated independence for Malta and started building building and opening Malta to the modern world, Mintoff comes along and bullishly starts trading Malta’s (supposed) military strategic position.

This time round, after Gonzi successfully negotiated the Eur1.12bn with the EU, here comes Joseph Muscat trading our Maltese/EU citizenship (which he resisted and objected to) with his equally bullish IIP scheme which has already shamed us across many parts of the world.

Does the PM realise that he is not dealing with village idiots here but with a very determined group?

Since the EU cannot order Malta to drop this proposal, they will possibly demand that Malta be removed from the Schengen group, such that ALL Maltese passport holders – including the bought ones, will not have an automatic free entry to other European countries, which will cause hardship to real Maltese people, and will have a ripple effect on tourism and financial institutions.

Jew ahjar, mohhu, bla ma jinduna, li jista’ jehles minn sitwazzjoni li titlob attenzjoni kontinwa, minghalih ta’ darba u lest, barra bid-daqq. Hlief li s-sitwazzjoni li jixtieq jehles minnha, minghalih ikun ghamel l-parti tieghu, hija l-fatt li ghandu pajjiz f’idejh.

Kieku kellu jirranga dar, jaqla’ u jarmi kollox, ma tarax li mhux se joqghod ‘jilghab’ isalva li hemm. L-istess qed jaghmel mal-pajjiz, m’ghandux aptit jkun jaf l-intricci, roadmap kellu u biha jibqa’.

U haseb li l-ministri, mbaghad n-nies, se toqghodlu

That means he’ll remain stuck to what he’s been told for years, which makes him a liability should any decision require mental exercising. That’s usually all of them.

No originality, no spirit, no fundamental criteria. With Muscat, Malta will lose any propensity to gain the edge the hard way.

The most telling sign is that he’ll boast to HIS billion, but forgot to connect any of it to a plausible visionary spending program.

What a waste.

Joseph and Michelle, Paul and Phyllis.

They came back on Monday.

We had to perimeter the Air Malta plane as a security meaure while the two couples disembarked.

Hbieb tal-hbieb on a London shopping holiday.

Hallas, poplu, hallas.

Duminku Mintoff ivvinta Jum il-Helsien biex jipprova jnessi u jirridikola dak li ghamel Borg Olivier bl-Indipendenza.

Bil-bejgh tac-cittadinanza, Joseph Muscat qed jipprova jaghmel l-istess lill-kisba ta’ Lawrence Gonzi meta gab somma rekord ghall-pajjiz b’negozjati mal-UE.

Joseph Muscat qed jipprova jirredikola dik il-kisba billi jbigh ic-cittadinanza Ewropea li dejjem maqdar.

Now Joseph Muscat is saying it will generate 1 billion euro and more.