Exclusive photographs of high tea hosted by Malta’s head of state in 3-star hotel in Leicester
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February 8, 2015 at 10:48am
The event was organised by Antonella Berry Brincat, whose father is former Mintoffian cabinet minister and long-time Labour MP Joe Brincat – but as the invitations made clear, Malta’s head of state was not a guest but the hostess.
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Looks like the dress code was ‘pyjamas’.
I find that photo with the old gentleman standing behind the head of state quite uncouth and rather patronizing, particularly his over-relaxed posture and his hand on her chair.
He may be familiar with her (for all I care) but it’s not on, and the President should have known better not to take photos sitting down, with people crowding behind her like that.
Oh don’t expect anything better from that man.
That’s Herr Engelbert Von Smallhausen, a blundering Gestapo agent.
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High tea in a 3-star hotel? For heaven’s sake.
No difference from Buskett Roadhouse, except no tombla.
I could not help notice the restaurant name “Windows on New Walk”. A play on words of Windows on New York which was at level 102 in the North Tower, World Trade Centre, New York. How inappropriate.
Wine glasses at high tea?
How nice, it seems an expat guest can afford a Mercedes.
They must be rolling in it over there, as I never saw one in Malta.
Who paid the bills?
Maltese hamallagni exported to the Midlands.
Kif jghid HP Baxxter, xi gmiel ta’ gens.
Who won the raffle?
So what did we pay for exactly?
Some things one just says ‘hmmm’ to and leave in one’s mental ‘pending tray’.
Admittedly, not Cosmopolitan material, but why bitch about people who seem to have simply spent a nice afternoon together? The Facebook exchange copied above says nothing about politics and quite a lot about the feeling of togetherness an expat gets to feel when meeting fellow countryfolk abroad. For those who care to dig deeper than political affiliations, Antonella Berry Brincat is a fine ophthalmologist and a truly warm and sincere person.
I agree with ‘And so.’ This blog could do without this type of entry.
Perhaps because it is an event hosted by the head of state? Could you see the Queen or one of her representatives in a similar situation, at a coffee morning? One must always be careful to keep the dignity of state.
Will the President of Malta be going around all other areas and inviting people at random for tea while expecting the Maltese tax payer to foot the bill?
What is/was special about Leicester which justifies billing the tax payer?
Here we go again. I know her, she is an honest, hardworking mother etc. etc.
NOT WITH MY F*CKING TAX MONEY, YOU DON’T.
And by the way, you might think that small-islander togetherness among expats does you credit. It doesn’t. It’s ridiculous. Mort l-Ingriterra u bqajt Leli ta’ Haz-Zghir. How lovely.
It’s only a 3 star hotel!
That’s 3 stars too many.
President Coleiro Preca is the head of state. Her job is to represent the state, as directed by the government. It is not to organise social events for obscure Maltese expats.
If we can’t find anything useful for our president to do, then let’s get rid of the presidency and go back to a Commonwealth realm.
But I see you enjoy this sort of thing. That’s why the country should never be run by your sort.
Quick, pass me the tranquilizer gun, someone.
Antonella Berry Brincat may be a fine ophtalmologist but you’re missing the wood for the trees.
The whole high tea charade served only to press home the point that our head of state is one of ‘us’, tal-Labour, and who (precisely as you unwittingly say) has enough time on her hands to bother spending nice time with ‘us’.
This didn’t come across as an annual event the Maltese expats organise, irrespective of who is President.
Puliti n-nies!
Tghid kien hemm tombla? Kocc hamalli li jbiddlu kemm ibiddlu pajjiz xorta jibqghu jagixxu ta’ hamalli.
U kemm hi kuntenta maghhom l-President taghna. She feels ‘at home’, anki l-Ingilterra. She’s in her element, qisha bhalma kienet fis-snin 80, 90 u 2000ijiet, imdawra b’dawk l-istess tip ta’ partitarji Laburisti.
Dak mhux high tea, dak “coffee morning wara nofs in-nhar”
If Mike Tyson did hamallagni punches, this would be it.
Baxxter, I think the fact that it’s tea not cocktails is the smallest of issues.
I mean, look at them. It’s like another night at the każin tal-banda.
A self-respecting general and his rosy-cheeked daughter wouldn’t be seen dead at such an event.
You’re still wondering who it might have been, are you? One day I’ll tell you the story of the Irish pianist and the three Zambian oligarchs’ daughters.
Anke tombla kellna. Ommi ma kemm hadna pjacir.
A gathering of expats is always interesting. However, if the head of state is present, and indeed hosts the event, it goes beyond a simple get-together of ex-pats.
A certain level of dignity has to be maintained. The top photo seems to be one of a parish group’s ‘harga mal-kappilan’ and not of a visit by the head of state to Maltese expats.
Għax dawn il-liberali, progressivi, soċjalisti (u ma nafx b’kemm il-aġġettiv ieħor jiddefinixxu rwieħhom) ma jemmnux fiċ-ċerimonji u l-protokoll (sakemm ma jkunux għalihom).
Ħu mill-Prim Ministru: meta jidħol jew jjoħroġ mix-xogħol, minn kulfejn jgħaddi taħseb li nieżla xi UFO, bid-daqq tas-sireni jvenvnu, qisu xi dinjitarju ta’ pajjiż ieħor li għadu kif wasal Malta, sejjer għall-appuntament li jmissu fil-programm.
They really look Maltese! Veru l-ahhar grad. I do not want to be anywhere near.
So, so tacky
Can we have a photo caption competition?
Lovely specimen.
“Maltese in the Midlands”. Was ‘Maltese’ necessary – you can recognise on from miles away.
and the smiley face, don’t forget the smiley face.
So she ate all the samosas did she? (picture no 3)
First off, one is not invited to “a” high tea, just as one is not invited to “a” dinner. One is invited to high tea, one is invited to dinner, one is invited to lunch & c. because these events take place every day. On the other hand, one is invited to a seance or an orgy & c because these are specific events.
Eat your heart out, Baxxter.
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