Comments on: Imagine if he were eating figolli out of a paper bag, like the new Minister for Gambling https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/05/imagine-eating-figolli-paper-bag-like-new-minister-gambling/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Thu, 05 May 2016 15:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: chico https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/05/imagine-eating-figolli-paper-bag-like-new-minister-gambling/#comment-3085765 Thu, 05 May 2016 15:17:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=81427#comment-3085765 In reply to anthony.

Billingsgate! Good comparison, only it doesn’t stink so much. (Billingsgate)

]]> By: anthony https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/05/imagine-eating-figolli-paper-bag-like-new-minister-gambling/#comment-3085761 Thu, 05 May 2016 14:57:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=81427#comment-3085761 I would compare the Malta parliament to Billingsgate fish market rather than to the House of Commons.

The Piano building did not help improve matters. As an elderly acquaintance told me “bidlu biss il-gagga”.

I can hardly think of anything in Malta, except for the weather, which bears comparison with the UK. We are eons behind our former colonial masters in practically everything.

]]> By: Evarist Saliba https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/05/imagine-eating-figolli-paper-bag-like-new-minister-gambling/#comment-3085750 Thu, 05 May 2016 13:01:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=81427#comment-3085750 During yesterday’s debate, while Evarist Bartolo was speaking, his own colleagues sitting behind him showed no interest at all in what he was saying. One MP (Ian Borg ?) was fiddling with a gadget all the time.

]]> By: canon https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/05/imagine-eating-figolli-paper-bag-like-new-minister-gambling/#comment-3085747 Thu, 05 May 2016 12:54:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=81427#comment-3085747 Il-Ministru għall-imħatri waqatlu saqqu għal-figolla

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