Compare and contrast with the Curious Case of the PM and Cyrus Engerer
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June 24, 2014 at 10:20pm
I think this is how our prime minister should have handled that business with Cyrus Engerer. Instead he’s given him a job in his office AFTER the verdict.
Which is pretty much what happened with John Dalli, too.
I don’t know how anyone can be comfortable with that. I wouldn’t be, if I voted Labour. It would upset me.
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Cameron knew very well who Coulson was when he employed him. There is no difference between Cameron and Muscat – they’re both scoundrels.
What Cameron knew or did not know when he engaged Coulson is irrelevant. What is relevant is that when legal proceedings were initiated against Coulson, he was forced to resign. What is relevant is that Cameron admitted his mistake and apologised.
In contrast, when the court found Engerer guilty of a serious offence, the PM ‘baptised’ him as soldier of steel and made him a hero.
Cameron is a decent politician because he does the right thing.
Muscat is a politician who is morally corrupt because he failed to take the side of what is right and supported a convicted criminal instead.
Quite right. Cameron was quite happy to defend Andy Coulson even after the first reports regarding Coulson’s heavy involvement in the phone hacking scandal surfaced and only accepted his resignation because of the internal pressure he was getting from both within his party and his coalition partners.
Well John, well, it seems that in Muscat’s case he has no “internal pressure within the party”. Understand the difference?
So much so that more than one person with a criminal record were given positions within government institutions
Quite right John. Cameron defended Coulson until the ‘allegations’ changed to ‘charges and charges resulted in conviction.
Cameron had no difficulty dismissing Coulson when charges were laid or admitting and apologizing for his error in judgement when he hired him.
Muscat, on the other hand, hand-picks persons of dubious characters and convicted felons and places them in positions of trust.
The last thing Muscat will do, is admit and apologize for creating a circle of disgusting individuals around him and relishing their past. So much so as to go as far as labeling them ‘victims, heroes and suldati ta’ l-azzar’.
Actually, Pippa, that is a mere detail. That Andy Coulson was probably the kingpin of the whole scheme was clear very early on. His conviction was quite predictable.
Cameron chose and hung on to Coulson against all odds because he saw him as a gateway to Murdoch’s media. Joseph Muscat chose and is still hanging on to Cyrus Engerer for a reason too. We just don’t know what that reason is.
If you voted Labour, it would upset me too.
Fat chance our PM will ever apologise for any wrong decisions he has taken regarding appointing convicted or incompetent persons.
Eventually, all the bad decisions taken will hit back, some with a vengeance..
The sooner the better for us all.
Cameron’s behaviour is different to Muscat’s because the attitude of journalists and electors in Britain is different to the attitude of journalists and electors in Malta. Cameron knows what is expected of him. Muscat knows that nothing is expected.
Both men are the same. The difference lies in the quality of journalism.
I wonder if Joseph Muscat was one of the EU leaders who backed David Cameron’s bid to block the appointment of Jean-Claude- Juncker. We know how Joseph Muscat works.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/10918551/David-Cameron-left-furious-by-EU-leaders-promises-over-Jean-Claude-Juncker.html
Still the colonial mentality something some of us can’t get rid of.
Since Cameron did so, Muscat should have done likewise.
Our P.N. did what he thought was best.
End of story.
No, the PM did what was convenient. What is best means setting an example that crime does not pay and no one with a criminal record or under arraignment or subject to criminal proceedings should hold public office.
Again, Silvio, I cannot understand how you habitually defend such deplorable behaviour on the part of Muscat. It has nothing to do with having a colonial mentality. Rather it is the transparency and meritocracy that we have been promised.
The PM set a yardstick before last election. Now we’re measuring his performance by that very same yardstick.
This is not about a colonial mentality.
On values, politicians should lead and not be lead. They should have a moral compass which guides them in their decisions.
When we are dealing with core values there cannot and should not be compromises. Being able to distinguish right from wrong is a core value.
It sickens me to think that the PM of my country has no moral compass and does not embrace essential values.
CORRECTION: On values, politicians should lead and not be LED.
Polish PM Tusk’s predicament, following the leak of Ministers’ recorded discussions, is rather illuminating.
Apparently Engerer likes to secretly tape conversations (eg while he was in Sliema Local Council) and use ‘available’ data in a nasty manner.
Is Muscat afraid?
Silvio kif ghamejt wara Joseph Muscat? Fi zmienek il-PN qatt m’ghamlu xejn hazin. Gralek bhal San Pawl? Bil-maqlub .
Wake up!
The UK are trying to make sure that they have a Police force that operates without fear or failure.
Muscat within the last 18 months has both the Police and Army in his back pocket since he has changed the management structure.
Therefore he answers to nobody !
Good luck because the electorate in Malta can easily be bought, so look forward to another five years of this government.