Comments on: Yana Mintoff: celebrating the successful auction of her father’s goods and chattels with a stay at the Hotel Ta’ Cenc https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/03/yana-mintoff-celebrating-the-successful-auction-of-her-fathers-goods-and-chattels-with-a-stay-at-the-hotel-ta-cenc/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Mon, 17 Mar 2014 15:13:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Mint Toffee https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/03/yana-mintoff-celebrating-the-successful-auction-of-her-fathers-goods-and-chattels-with-a-stay-at-the-hotel-ta-cenc/#comment-1639237 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 15:13:20 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44778#comment-1639237 In reply to Phili B.

No, I believe she did pay on checking out. Whether or not she asked for a discount, however, I wouldn’t know.

]]> By: Rumplestiltskin https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/03/yana-mintoff-celebrating-the-successful-auction-of-her-fathers-goods-and-chattels-with-a-stay-at-the-hotel-ta-cenc/#comment-1638238 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 09:15:10 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44778#comment-1638238 In reply to C Falzon.

A very large number of items in the auction were obviously gifts from heads of state or government, given to Mintoff in virtue of his being prime minister at the time.

Being who he was, it was most unlikely that he would buy several Saudi Arabian ceremonial daggers, among other things. I would consider gifts given to a head of state or prime minister by his/her counterparts in other countries to be gifts to the country he/she represents rather than personal gifts to be flogged to the highest bidder for personal profit.

]]> By: Manuel https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/03/yana-mintoff-celebrating-the-successful-auction-of-her-fathers-goods-and-chattels-with-a-stay-at-the-hotel-ta-cenc/#comment-1636776 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 19:57:18 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44778#comment-1636776 Spending daddy’s money feels so good. They should have donated a huge sum of what they inherited to Malta. It was money their father stole from us.

]]> By: Phili B https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/03/yana-mintoff-celebrating-the-successful-auction-of-her-fathers-goods-and-chattels-with-a-stay-at-the-hotel-ta-cenc/#comment-1636006 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 12:37:10 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44778#comment-1636006 Yana Mintoff must have got herself a freebie.

]]> By: Ta'sapienza https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/03/yana-mintoff-celebrating-the-successful-auction-of-her-fathers-goods-and-chattels-with-a-stay-at-the-hotel-ta-cenc/#comment-1635926 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 11:45:06 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44778#comment-1635926 What’s with the Frank Spencer outfit?
https://www.google.com.mt/#q=some+mothers+do+have+them

]]> By: Napljun Bonaparte https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/03/yana-mintoff-celebrating-the-successful-auction-of-her-fathers-goods-and-chattels-with-a-stay-at-the-hotel-ta-cenc/#comment-1635819 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 10:33:19 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44778#comment-1635819 M’ghadux moda tghum Smellimara kif kien jaghmel Mintoff.

Ghal diversi ragunijiet, fostom it-tanker.

]]> By: P Shaw https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/03/yana-mintoff-celebrating-the-successful-auction-of-her-fathers-goods-and-chattels-with-a-stay-at-the-hotel-ta-cenc/#comment-1635441 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 05:50:30 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44778#comment-1635441 In reply to Anthony.

The Malta Taghna Lkoll/Labour Party crowd are regularly at Ta’ Cenc nowadays, probably staying for free.

]]> By: Joe Fenech https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/03/yana-mintoff-celebrating-the-successful-auction-of-her-fathers-goods-and-chattels-with-a-stay-at-the-hotel-ta-cenc/#comment-1635046 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 00:50:08 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44778#comment-1635046 “socialist heroes of the working-class” that is the socialism a la Maltaise (replace ‘working-class’ with ‘ignorant’ and ‘people without any ambition to progress in life through non-corrupt means’).

Real socialism should be a system that guarantees a reasonably fair distribution of wealth – not something the Maltese Labour Party champions! L-aqwa l-BMW, id-designer clothes, il-villel… Buffoons!!!

A true socialist and mythical figure, Tony Benn, died yesterday. Not one single member of the PL had the decency to mention him or dedicate him a eulogy simply because a true socialist would embarrass this bunch of Chinese styled hyper-capitalists!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX-P4mx1FLU

]]> By: Anthony https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/03/yana-mintoff-celebrating-the-successful-auction-of-her-fathers-goods-and-chattels-with-a-stay-at-the-hotel-ta-cenc/#comment-1635013 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 00:35:07 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44778#comment-1635013 If I had booked at the Hotel Ta Cenc this weekend I would have asked for my money back citing the trade descriptions act.

]]> By: AE https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/03/yana-mintoff-celebrating-the-successful-auction-of-her-fathers-goods-and-chattels-with-a-stay-at-the-hotel-ta-cenc/#comment-1634994 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 00:25:44 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=44778#comment-1634994 Don’t you just love these socialists – they spend their time in five star hotels and then go on to give us lectures on poverty. They want to spread our wealth around whilst they store up their own.

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