GUEST POST: Joseph Muscat’s 10 main headaches
Sent in by L. Gatt:
1. Joseph Muscat is surrounded by a bunch of crooks and self-absorbed, spineless and amoral cretins who felt at a loss and rejected in the Nationalist Party precisely because they were and still are just that.
2. The “you let me run riot, give me whatever I ask for or I’ll leave you high and dry and jump over the fence” syndrome which Muscat promoted and encouraged when in Opposition has caught on fast. He is now hostage to the same blackmail and threats thanks to which he became PM. Talk about being hoist by your own petard.
3. His hands are tied and he is left with no choice but to turn a blind eye to the appalling conduct of Manuel Mallia, Luciano Busuttil, Helena Dalli, Chris Cardona, John Dalli, Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando, Franco Debono, the invisible and impossibly lazy Louis Grech and all the others who will soon inevitably join in the noose-pulling game. The result is that his mega majority is dwindling and even the famous switchers are now posting statements such as “dawn kollha xorta” on their Facebook walls, a halfway backward leap which is just a short step away from turning full circle.
4. Thousands of voters, led by these same switchers, are at his door demanding delivery on the promises made in return for their votes. Pleasing the switchers angers the diehards; pleasing the diehards disappoints the switchers. To please them all you need to be Jesus, not Joseph.
5. The entire Maltese population waiting with bated breath for him to deliver on the public promises he made: power station, Gozo link, cut in taxes, reduced electricity rates, transport solution. So far not one seems to be making any progress with the population getting pretty restless. Even the stupidest person knows that you can’t just cut electricity tariffs in a vacuum.
6. China. This is a dicey one. Chinese wallets were open to him only until the general election. What China may have forked out in return for the promise of cheap passports and a foothold into Europe to sponsor Muscat’s campaign may have seemed like a fortune then but was actually peanuts to the Chinese. Proper investments such as a power station or a Gozo bridge are another kettle of fish – investments involve more than money – they mean commitment and reputation. The music has changed for Muscat, China is now demanding chunks of Malta, free passage into Europe and more and more of his rotten soul. Bring out the armed guards, the semi-automatic weapons and Konrad Mizzi out on a charity walk with five soldiers at his back and another one in front, while another six surround the prime minister.
7. A wife who from “hobbuha ghax thobbkhom” Mother Theresa has fast turned into a cross between Elena Ceacescu and Mrs Aliyev of Azerbaijan. From “kemm hi helwa” to “min tahseb li hi”. This is one problem not to be underestimated especially since he pushed her onto the electorate as sweet and unassuming so to win votes. Taking her out of the limelight at this point will raise suspicions, allowing her to continue her joyride is deadly.
8. Muscat never truly focused on solutions, plans or “road maps” (costed, concrete or otherwise) while he was in Opposition. His was simply a cleverly concocted marketing strategy – admittedly, a highly successful one which managed to sell the product. Retaining the customer is another matter altogether especially when there is no implementation and maintenance plan to follow. Tactics extracted from The Secret, sales babble and Tim Robbins positivity have not only lost their appeal but are becoming a standard joke.
9. He thought that he could follow in Mintoff’s footsteps and hide the truth, bury what’s rotten and stuff skeletons in cupboards (or dismembered bodies in disused wells) to be discovered only when it is too late. He overlooked one detail. We’re living in an age when each and every individual is a journalist, where everybody has a camera and microphone in their pocket and is able to publish events, comments and real-time reports at the click of a button – unfortunately for some – with no editing or censorship possible.
10. And, finally and the most threateningly, the leader of the Opposition has woken up.
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Prosit, analizi bomba lesta biex tisplodi taht sorm Joey.
Muscat had only one headache – himself. All else flows from there. To put it more crudely, he’s the pile of shit. The others are the flies.
Flies reproduce 3 to 4 times a month and are ready to mate when they’re 7 days old. They will need that pile of shit to be constantly fresh because their saliva breaks it down pretty quick.
Post of the year 2014.
This can be summed up in one; the headache of having to be a Prime Minister when his mindset remains seated on the Opposition benches. That’s why Busuttil’s tweet of last week was so brutal and cut him at the knees using so few words.
U l-haxja li hawn hafna medicina ta l-ugieh ta’ ras out of stock.
“To please them all you need to be Jesus, not Joseph.”
Look what happened to Jesus because he couldn’t please everyone.
Could not have said it better – only thing is point 10. Keep in mind from where Simon Busuttil had to start – he needed time and now he is living up to expectations.
Better than expectations
Daphne. What is important for Malta`s Future is No 10. The rest is for the switchers.
Finally the leader of the Opposition has woken up. Well done, Simon.
Naqbel ma’ dak kollu li qed tgħid L.Gatt ħlief tal-aħħar …l-aħħar parti tan-numru għaxra… The Opposition leader has woken up… le mhux woken up … mhux tal-istess pezza ta’ Jowsef. Il-Malti jgħid li n-nies tgħallmek. u verament li hekku… meta tibda tagħmilha ma’ ċertu nies, tibda tifhem kif trid tirreaġixxi magħhom. u hekk ġralu Dr Busuttil fehem li ma’ dan il-bniedem arroganti ma tistax tkellmu bil-ħlewwa imma tagħtih mill-istess duwa tiegħu. Prosit Dr Busuttil. Ħallejt lil Jowsef inkwetat għall-aħħar..ħa naraw b’xi praspura oħra se joħroġ biha issa wara li kellu ż-żmien jaħseb.
Considering the size of his head, ouch ta’ veru.
This is a gem. Good one L. Gatt.
“10. And, finally and the most threateningly, the leader of the Opposition has woken up.”
If only. Despite occasions such as during his budget speech yesterday when he did seem to have woken up, Mr Busuttil has also been rather foolish and at times even nonchalant in his behaviour towards the government’s excesses such as his Facebook fireworks and festi posts last summer and his participation – almost side by side with the ministers he’s supposed to be harassing – at the charity run last weekend, giving the impression that despite all that’s going on the Opposition and government are actually friends.
We have yet to see this particular leader of the Opposition truly waking up. I hope that his speech yesterday will be backed up by congruent behaviour towards the government’s future and further misbehaviour, but I remain sceptical.
Daphne,
I have it from well-informed sources (who work with Enemalta at the plant) that the tanks which are currently used for the storage of HFO and which were scheduled to be removed, will now in fact not be removed at all.
On the contrary, these tanks are to be kept (presumably still for HFO storage, as I doubt they could be used for any other fuel), and the government is to spend millions of euros in a system which uses water and soap (some sort of pipe/filter system) which will mask out the odour and fumes emanating from these tanks.
I meant the HFO plants at Delimara as forgot to mention.
Let us hope that Muscat will learn the lesson that even the salesman who can sell ice to the Eskimos, cannot retain customers if service does not follow through and the product does not deliver.