Comments on: Clear the way, the prime minister is coming and he can’t be expected to wait in traffic

By: Anthony Calleja

Anthony Calleja — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 14:35:00 +0000

Maybe he was in a hurry to help the Greeks.

By: Daphne Caruana Galizia

Daphne Caruana Galizia — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 20:32:00 +0000

Yes, actually I do remember him in traffic. I’ve also seen Cameron stuck in traffic in London and the Italian PM in Rome.

Muscat and his buddies are a bunch of hamalli thrilled with their new toy sirens.

By: Daphne Caruana Galizia

Daphne Caruana Galizia — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 15:54:00 +0000

I hate to break it to you, Kenneth, but prime ministers throughout the civilised world wait in traffic. If they don’t want to wait in traffic, they use a bicycle (yes, they do).

Can you imagine the British prime minister shrieking through London gridlock with outriders chasing people out of the way? He would be pelted with eggs and torn to shreds in the media.

It’s only Third-World dictators and quasi-dictators in the former Soviet states who behave that way.

Of course the prime minister should wait in traffic. This is a democracy.

By: Decameron

Decameron — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 15:39:00 +0000

It is probably the President’s security vehicle. There are usually four armed police officers in it when accompanying the President

By: A.Vella

A.Vella — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 13:16:00 +0000

Same at around noon at Notabile Road, Balzan. Motorcade including GM14 with police outriders shooing away the plebeians.

By: Toyger

Toyger — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 12:02:00 +0000

The same thing happened to me yesterday around 1:45pm in Rue d’Argens, Gzira. I believe I could see Chris Fearne following the prime minister.

By: Thoughtful

Thoughtful — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 10:50:00 +0000

The other thing which is extremely odd is the use of the Maltese flag on the car used by the Prime Minister (or in this case the Prime Minister’s car).

My understanding is that the national flag should be flown on the car being used by a head of state or someone representing a head of state, such as an ambassador.

It is for this reason, for instance, that the German ambassador to Malta flies the German flag on his car, as he is representing the German Republic and thus the German President, or the British High Commissioner flies the Union Flag, as he is representing Her Majesty’s government.

On the same basis Norman Hamilton flies the Maltese flag on his official car in the U.K. as he is representing the Republic of Malta as High Commissioner to the Court of St James.

The Prime Minister of a country does not usually fly the national flag when in his own country. He does so usually only when travelling abroad.

The use of the Maltese flag by Premier Muscat seems to be another way of “making the best of it”.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 08:37:00 +0000

“It’s all just a perception. I must be really popular, whenever I drive by, people in cars stop to watch me pass and give me a victory sign (backwards) or other enthusiastic gestures” – Joseph muttered to himself.

By: Alf

Alf — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 08:25:00 +0000

Arroganza istituzzjonaliżata

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 08:24:00 +0000

I think its only fair that he waits in line with the idiots who voted him into government, but he knows that no matter what he does those idiots will vote for him again.