My sentiment exactly.

Ma hemmx dubju li ghadu jahseb l-istess illum u ta’ kiesah u stupidu qed jipprova jirvina din is-shubija.

All this paroli about attracting people of calibre, without them being obliged to live here and share this calibre with us, is a contradiction in terms.

And if the Labour government blames the Nationalists for turning Europe against us it is also proving how ineffectual it is, if its huge clout is beaten by a Nationalist minority.

So the PL by its own admission is inferior to the PN when it comes to obtaining results. Its own lies are boomeranging back.

Julia Onslow-Cole hits the nail on the head. Any decent high net worth individual is not going to go for Muscat’s billion euro sale. Muscat is too iffy and has made Malta too iffy.

In real terms, our “talent” is going to come from the bottom of the barrel, from the corrupt or totalitarian parts of the world, where the carrying out of due diligence is hindered, if not nigh impossible. To reach the billion mark, the standards are going to be in the dirt.

Old wine in new bottles.

They’ll have a really hard time acquiring a new citizenship elsewhere; our (their) passport/citizenship will be considered mud green by then. I guess they’ll just be stuck in the Styx along with the rest of us. If they’re lucky China or Azerbaijan will take them back and their prospects will once again improve. Oh well.