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		By: matthew a		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[matthew a]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2014 16:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/and-as-expected-labour-has-pulled-the-vast-majority-of-votes/#comment-2012152&quot;&gt;H.P. Baxxter&lt;/a&gt;.

i think that you have to be an eccentric snob, like you seem to be, to understand your arguments.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/and-as-expected-labour-has-pulled-the-vast-majority-of-votes/#comment-2012152">H.P. Baxxter</a>.</p>
<p>i think that you have to be an eccentric snob, like you seem to be, to understand your arguments.</p>
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		By: H.P. Baxxter		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[H.P. Baxxter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2014 23:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/and-as-expected-labour-has-pulled-the-vast-majority-of-votes/#comment-2012152&quot;&gt;H.P. Baxxter&lt;/a&gt;.

Don&#039;t worry, dear Matthew A, the report is not intended for you. You need to be bright to understand it. You&#039;re just loyal, but not bright.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/and-as-expected-labour-has-pulled-the-vast-majority-of-votes/#comment-2012152">H.P. Baxxter</a>.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t worry, dear Matthew A, the report is not intended for you. You need to be bright to understand it. You&#8217;re just loyal, but not bright.</p>
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		By: bob-a-job		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[bob-a-job]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2014 18:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/and-as-expected-labour-has-pulled-the-vast-majority-of-votes/#comment-2011509&quot;&gt;kev&lt;/a&gt;.

Joseph Muscat has been Labour Leader for six years and there wasn&#039;t as much as a whimper in his first two years or so. The problems within the PN allowed him the breathing space to germinate.

Eddie Fenech Adami took a few years to find his feet but when he did he bowled all before him and that included three MLP leaders.

Mintoff used to call Fenech Adami &#039;Vavu&#039;. L-Orizzont, It-Torca and the Labour Party newspaper used to depict him in cartoons as a caricature wearing a nappy with a large safety-pin. Joseph Muscat is making the same mistake and is trying to belittle Simon Busuttil. He too will live to regret it.

Looking back, one must realise that JPO and Franco Debono were just the tip of the iceberg. Mismanagement flourished within the PN as did reckless and seriously doubtful spending in the last years.

Lawrence Gonzi should have immediately put a stop to all the nonsense and called an early election, terminating underhand sabotage tactics from individuals who were eyeing the leadership and relishing the difficult moments the PN was going through.

By not going to ballot Lawrence Gonzi pressed the ‘self-destruct’ button on himself and the Nationalist Party and allowed his &#039;unknown&#039; antagonist to survive another round. 

It took five years to come to this. It is therefore quite reasonable to expect a little time for the PN to be rebuilt even with the best person at the helm.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/and-as-expected-labour-has-pulled-the-vast-majority-of-votes/#comment-2011509">kev</a>.</p>
<p>Joseph Muscat has been Labour Leader for six years and there wasn&#8217;t as much as a whimper in his first two years or so. The problems within the PN allowed him the breathing space to germinate.</p>
<p>Eddie Fenech Adami took a few years to find his feet but when he did he bowled all before him and that included three MLP leaders.</p>
<p>Mintoff used to call Fenech Adami &#8216;Vavu&#8217;. L-Orizzont, It-Torca and the Labour Party newspaper used to depict him in cartoons as a caricature wearing a nappy with a large safety-pin. Joseph Muscat is making the same mistake and is trying to belittle Simon Busuttil. He too will live to regret it.</p>
<p>Looking back, one must realise that JPO and Franco Debono were just the tip of the iceberg. Mismanagement flourished within the PN as did reckless and seriously doubtful spending in the last years.</p>
<p>Lawrence Gonzi should have immediately put a stop to all the nonsense and called an early election, terminating underhand sabotage tactics from individuals who were eyeing the leadership and relishing the difficult moments the PN was going through.</p>
<p>By not going to ballot Lawrence Gonzi pressed the ‘self-destruct’ button on himself and the Nationalist Party and allowed his &#8216;unknown&#8217; antagonist to survive another round. </p>
<p>It took five years to come to this. It is therefore quite reasonable to expect a little time for the PN to be rebuilt even with the best person at the helm.</p>
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		By: gaetano pace		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[gaetano pace]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2014 17:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/and-as-expected-labour-has-pulled-the-vast-majority-of-votes/#comment-2008664&quot;&gt;James&lt;/a&gt;.

They never read Daphne`s posts and they tune their TV and radio sets on to Super One which never tells them about the gaffes, the fibs, the twists and U turns.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/and-as-expected-labour-has-pulled-the-vast-majority-of-votes/#comment-2008664">James</a>.</p>
<p>They never read Daphne`s posts and they tune their TV and radio sets on to Super One which never tells them about the gaffes, the fibs, the twists and U turns.</p>
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		By: matthew a		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[matthew a]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2014 17:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/and-as-expected-labour-has-pulled-the-vast-majority-of-votes/#comment-2012152&quot;&gt;H.P. Baxxter&lt;/a&gt;.

If we cannot work it out, it is because you have not explained yourself well, or because your argument does not make sense in the first place. 

It seems that your argument is based on the fact that people who vote Labour, hard core or not,  are stupid, semi-literate and hamalli, and have a higher birth rate. With an attitude like that  (&quot;imnejka&quot;) you had better keep your report to yourself.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/and-as-expected-labour-has-pulled-the-vast-majority-of-votes/#comment-2012152">H.P. Baxxter</a>.</p>
<p>If we cannot work it out, it is because you have not explained yourself well, or because your argument does not make sense in the first place. </p>
<p>It seems that your argument is based on the fact that people who vote Labour, hard core or not,  are stupid, semi-literate and hamalli, and have a higher birth rate. With an attitude like that  (&#8220;imnejka&#8221;) you had better keep your report to yourself.</p>
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		By: Desmond		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Desmond]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2014 17:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/and-as-expected-labour-has-pulled-the-vast-majority-of-votes/#comment-2009977&quot;&gt;Lomax&lt;/a&gt;.

Spot on, Lomax.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/and-as-expected-labour-has-pulled-the-vast-majority-of-votes/#comment-2009977">Lomax</a>.</p>
<p>Spot on, Lomax.</p>
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		By: Paul		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2014 17:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[in nies ma  ridux jaraw il gonzi ish ghamel deba kbira fil pn u intkom tahsbu li dan risultat bhal ta elecjoni mandu x jaqsam xejn      u fejn marru dawk il flus li gabbru il pn]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>in nies ma  ridux jaraw il gonzi ish ghamel deba kbira fil pn u intkom tahsbu li dan risultat bhal ta elecjoni mandu x jaqsam xejn      u fejn marru dawk il flus li gabbru il pn</p>
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		By: wow		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[wow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2014 13:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[L atitudni u l arroganza bhal ta Ann Fenech,u ohrajn bhala ma jaghmlux gid.Din hi wahda min hafna ragunijiet ghax il PN qed jitlef il voti u mhux htijja kollha ta Simon Busuttil.Jien hekk inhoss.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>L atitudni u l arroganza bhal ta Ann Fenech,u ohrajn bhala ma jaghmlux gid.Din hi wahda min hafna ragunijiet ghax il PN qed jitlef il voti u mhux htijja kollha ta Simon Busuttil.Jien hekk inhoss.</p>
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		By: teddy vassallo		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[teddy vassallo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2014 13:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/and-as-expected-labour-has-pulled-the-vast-majority-of-votes/#comment-2009030&quot;&gt;Ken&lt;/a&gt;.

ia am labour

pls pls pls keep simon
by the way pls wake up, a third of the euro parliament will be made up up anti euros. that is the way forward
 to fight from within]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/and-as-expected-labour-has-pulled-the-vast-majority-of-votes/#comment-2009030">Ken</a>.</p>
<p>ia am labour</p>
<p>pls pls pls keep simon<br />
by the way pls wake up, a third of the euro parliament will be made up up anti euros. that is the way forward<br />
 to fight from within</p>
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		By: teddy vassallo		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[teddy vassallo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2014 13:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/and-as-expected-labour-has-pulled-the-vast-majority-of-votes/#comment-2012113&quot;&gt;H.P. Baxxter&lt;/a&gt;.

ia am labour

pls pls pls keep simon]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/and-as-expected-labour-has-pulled-the-vast-majority-of-votes/#comment-2012113">H.P. Baxxter</a>.</p>
<p>ia am labour</p>
<p>pls pls pls keep simon</p>
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