I won’t call him a clown because he’s really, really touchy about it, but can you believe Toni Abela?

Published: March 30, 2014 at 7:18pm
Don't call him a clown.

Don’t call him a clown.

The Labour deputy leader’s opening words at the foot of that horrid monument to ‘Helsien’ today (‘freed’ from a lot of rent the British paid only to end up in Gaddafi’s literally bloody clutches) were something like:

Se nibda b’nota pessimista. Mhux kullhadd li kien maghna s-sena l-ohra qieghed hawn illum u mhux kull min qieghed hawn se jkun maghna s-sena d-diehla.

That must have gone down really well with Jo of the Best Cabinet and Most Feminist Government Ever.




38 Comments Comment

  1. Edward says:

    So, what’s he saying? That he acknowledges that they have lost support and that they are bound to have less supporters every year?

  2. Denis says:

    How about a jerk, will that do

  3. Quebramar Dive Antartica 2010 says:

    Where’s Franco Debono? He’s on mute mode lately.

  4. one of us says:

    It was like watching a Whitehall farce, suits, sports jackets, no ties, miniskirts, wives, children, single roses, giant bouquets – is there no dress code?

    No coaching about how one doesn’t talk and laugh, how one stands back and nods one’s head – I could go on and on. Is this meant to be a solemn occasion or a xalata?
    And the hamallagni goes on.

    • Francis Saliba M.D. says:

      Let us thank God for small mercies that the mob did not push the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces into the sea this time round.

  5. Manuel says:

    Sounds like the concluding speech of attorney addressing the jury – the jury which the PL is undergoing.

  6. TROY says:

    The tears of a ……

  7. Ghoxrin Punt says:

    You do realise he might have been referring to those who passed away, and who will pass away next year…..

    • Ghoxrin Punt says:

      You never know, he might be referring to all those extra pastizzi we’re consuming and the affect they have and will have.

  8. curious says:

    Jo should sell a passport and use the income to hire some professional script writers for all the sad, amateur bunch of speakers.

  9. Rahal says:

    Avukat li dahal fil politika ghax bil professioni ma ghamel xejn. Wara kollox hafna minhomm huma hekk.

    Ghalmenu jipprovaw jiehdu pensjoni tajba mil-parlament.

  10. Quebramar Dive Antartica 2010 says:

    Malta must be moving slowly where business is concerned.

    Today, on Sunday 30.03.14, my phone got bombarded with sms messages from different sources, informing me that shops will be opening tomorrow.

    Jaqaw hawn il-guh? It’s Jum il-Helsien tomorrow, a longer weekend and a public holiday. This time last year, I didn’t get these type of messages advertising shops opening tomorrow.

  11. Gaetano Pace says:

    Deep down, where truth comes to the surface, can anyone walk down memory lane and tell me when was Toni Abela ever optimistic about anything? Was he not for every single moment of his lifetime a herald angel of gloom and doom like the rest of his Labour?

    • Francis Saliba M.D. says:

      To give the devil his due, Toni Abela was not a prophet of gloom when he was exchanging jokes with a muppet on TV as if he were a clown – WHICH HE ISN’T and with profuse apologies to genuine, entertaining circus clowns.

      To be on the safe side and to make doubly sure, once more:

      TONI ABELA IS NOT A CLOWN.

  12. La Redoute says:

    Maybe he meant the now former Tourism Minister and prospective prisoner of Brussels.

  13. Gahan says:

    In these past few months, Jo tried to kick Toni Abela upstairs many times and he never succeeded.

    Dr Abela, like him or not, wants the PL to be the workers’ party and from his recent mutterings, he seems to be not in synch with the great leader.

    Abela is not happy with how the government is operating, and knows fully well what the people are feeling.

    He’s the Jeremiah of the party; he’s not Joseph’s yes man.

    • Neil says:

      I partly agree, and he is not alone. However, he remains a clown/buffu.

    • La Redoute says:

      Several people out here are not happy with the way the government operates. We don’t all get a seat in cabinet, like the deputy leader of the Labour Party did.

  14. Ruth says:

    What about ‘Queen Mary Spiteri’, ‘l-ikbar Laburista fid-dinja’?

    What a farce!

  15. Andrew says:

    Franco who?

  16. why oh why are we lumped with them says:

    We are seriously living in another dimension.

  17. La Redoute says:

    http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20140330/local/update-2-freedom-from-prejudice-is-next-big-challenge-pm.512872

    “The Labour Party is this evening commemorating the 35th anniversary of Freedom Day in a slick ceremony with video clips of Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi being played on a big screen.”

    What – no clip of Gaddafi the dictator, the only foreign government leader invited to the original farce in 1979?

  18. dutchie says:

    When I see that picture I think : Bollywood dodgy salesman.

  19. Anthony says:

    I am so intrigued by these people.

    I just cannot understand how it is that they have no insight whatsoever.

    I know they are addressing morons but that does not mean that they should behave like morons too.

    Or are they genuinely intellectually so very challenged themselves?

    What the heck is he trying to say with his nota pessimista?

  20. Gahan says:

    Why did Konrad Mizzi go to Zurrieq for his press conference?

    http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20140330/local/health-and-energy-problems-mainly-managerial-minister.512789

    The only reason I see is because Zurrieq is Marlene Farrugia’s stronghold (she will be quitting politics she said) and Karmenu Vella will be out of the game, while Edward Scicluna will surely not be contesting another election.

    Dr Joe Sammut is not in Muscat’s good books.

    My conclusion:The PL is being PURGED; Konrad Mizzi will be contesting the fifth district.

  21. socrates says:

    Well said by Toni. But he still remains a clown.

  22. H.P. Baxxter says:

    Is he threatening us?

  23. C C says:

    Kemm hu pessimist. Kieku l-Italia jibdew hergin il-qrun ghal speech bhal dan.

  24. Augustus says:

    He must be the second Einstein to discover that. Mhux kullhadd li kien maghna s-sena l-ohra qieghed hawn illum u mhux kull min qieghed hawn se jkun maghna s-sena d-diehla.

    What a genius.

  25. giga says:

    Oh well! At least he’s being realistic….

  26. nev says:

    Has behaved like a clown in the past. Still does. Will always do.

  27. Antoine Vella says:

    On no, whatever you do, don’t call him a clown.

    http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa475/A_V11/Buffu_zpsa8edc06d.jpg

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