Comments on: Here’s a graph showing how Nexia B(rian)T(onna)’s turnover has increased from 2013

By: Joseph Debono

Joseph Debono — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 20:24:00 +0000

Qabza fil-kwalita

By: Tabatha_White

Tabatha_White — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 09:25:00 +0000

Muscat’s parvenu idea of “aspiration” – what a cheap concept.

By: Tabatha_White

Tabatha_White — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 09:17:00 +0000

Nexia BT or Brian Tonna married to Caroline Camilleri -“daughter of” and “niece of” – was no random choice of accountant and financial adviser for Keith Schembri and Muscat. (I will keep in mind that Nexia BT file marked “Joseph, Keith, Konrad.”) It is increasingly sounding as though Brian Tonna’s marriage itself was one of convenience.

This also provides more supporting material for Joseph Muscat’s statement in pre-EU accession days that it was Mintoff who provided his “roadmap” of list of names, of which the mentor was but one.

Which goes to show aging roadies like Marie Benoît, who has decided that family history and links are unimportant (this was in reference to Josanne Cassar – niece of corrupt former minister Philip Muscat), that and how they matter. It is what has permitted a direct continuance of all of the MLP corruption.

When funds are born from corruption, their growth and further investment is also the fruit of that corruption. That is why a Mafia doesn’t ever of its own volition ever stop operations. It continues until every penny is marked as such and properly accounted for. It continues until all channels have been traced and stripped. It continues until there is proper accountability (including legal prosecution) and visibility.

By: A Caffari

A Caffari — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 07:54:00 +0000

In reply to Ganni Muscat. That's how line graphs work. You're only supposed to look at the values at the points where they intersect with the grid line intersections. The slopes in between are non-representative.

By: Daphne Caruana Galizia

Daphne Caruana Galizia — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 07:30:00 +0000

Not really – as the graph indicates, the increase is mainly due to contracts from the contract, from people associated with the government, and from government insider knowledge.

By: Daphne Caruana Galizia

Daphne Caruana Galizia — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 07:16:00 +0000

In reply to Ganni Muscat. Misleading in Tonna's favour, you mean.

By: Ganni Muscat

Ganni Muscat — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 07:02:00 +0000

I think that the graph is a bit misleading, since one might interpret it to say that the turnover started increasing in 2012, as at that point the lines slope starts getting steeper. However, since the turnover is calculated for a whole year, the graph would be better constructed if the turnover for 2012 was marked on the 2013 line, since the turnover would be for the period (start)2012-(start)2013.

That would also show better how the previously stable rate of increase increased by several rates of magnitude somewhere after the start of 2013.