Comments on: Why are we paying for Girgenti Palace and Villa Francia if they’re going to take their guests to Is-Serkin? https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2017/02/paying-girgenti-palace-villa-francia-theyre-going-take-guests-serkin/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Tue, 07 Feb 2017 23:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2017/02/paying-girgenti-palace-villa-francia-theyre-going-take-guests-serkin/#comment-3122055 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 23:47:00 +0000 https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=89199#comment-3122055 That’s right. NEVER APOLOGISE, NEVER EXPLAIN. The Labour Party gets away with murder and thievery precisely because it does neither of those things.

]]> By: speedbird https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2017/02/paying-girgenti-palace-villa-francia-theyre-going-take-guests-serkin/#comment-3122041 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 21:25:00 +0000 https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=89199#comment-3122041 Has anyone asked Ciangura of Is-Serkin how many times the Prime Minister and Mrs Muscat actually go to his place?

]]> By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2017/02/paying-girgenti-palace-villa-francia-theyre-going-take-guests-serkin/#comment-3122038 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 21:17:00 +0000 https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=89199#comment-3122038 The presidential palaces are for the head of state, not the head of government. And the Office of the Prime Minister is just that – the office.

]]> By: Xanthippe https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2017/02/paying-girgenti-palace-villa-francia-theyre-going-take-guests-serkin/#comment-3122022 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 20:51:00 +0000 https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=89199#comment-3122022 When I’m her age I hope to have her Photoshop skills.

]]> By: anthony https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2017/02/paying-girgenti-palace-villa-francia-theyre-going-take-guests-serkin/#comment-3121996 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 20:19:00 +0000 https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=89199#comment-3121996 The Italian PM takes government guests to the Villa Madama. When he wants to be informal he takes them to the Osteria Francescana like Renzi did with Hollande. That is how things are done by politicians who are not plain peasants.

]]> By: Reader https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2017/02/paying-girgenti-palace-villa-francia-theyre-going-take-guests-serkin/#comment-3121990 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 20:07:00 +0000 https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=89199#comment-3121990 Who is that woman in the photo? It’s certainly not Michelle Muscat.

This is Michelle Muscat:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRfm0Jzyeaw

]]> By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2017/02/paying-girgenti-palace-villa-francia-theyre-going-take-guests-serkin/#comment-3121942 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 16:07:00 +0000 https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=89199#comment-3121942 Villa Francia is not the host, but the location. And the fact that ‘an event’ was held there last week does not mean that three prime ministers can’t be hosted to lunch.

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