They say they didn’t flee the sinking ship
Jason Micallef runs away
Kuntratti Mangion and his peacock friend have issued a statement from Labour HQ today, claiming that contrary to ‘statements that appeared in certain sections of the media’ (guilty as charged), they did not run away from the counting-hall. ‘This is a lie,’ claimed the statement on the Labour Party’s website, which is still liberally decorated with the slogans Bid Gdid and Aghzel Labour, and that Prozac family.
They said it was agreed between themselves – Michael Falzon included – that Mangion and the peacock would head off for Labour HQ immediately they sensed defeat, there to explain the situation in greater detail to ‘il-Mexxej Laburista Dr Alfred Sant’ (yes, that’s how he was described), ‘li f’dak il-hin kien jinsab wahdu fl-ufficju tieghu fic-Centru Nazzjonali.’
The peacock and Kuntratti hung on with Sant and held his hand, keeping in touch with the counting-hall at a very safe distance until the early hours of the morning. Then the grim trio decided to release a statement because ‘the situation didn’t look like it was going to change and the party wanted to wait until the first count was over’ – you know, just in case one of the people counting the votes had accidentally sat on a pile of them and failed to notice.
Today’s statement, which was written in the usual obfuscating language, gave no indication that Alfred Sant stood up and said, ‘A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do. Take me to that counting-hall and I’ll concede defeat, shake a few hands and ride off into the sunset.’
Ma’ tarax. This is the Cowardly Custard and his frivolous peacock friend we’re talking about. Instead they got hold of some obliging police officers and drove the Cowardly Custard under heavy escort to his home (‘ir-residenza private tieghu’) in Birkirkara. It didn’t even occur to these no-hopers and their chicken leader that the correct thing to do was to drive him to the counting-hall, go in there with him, and accept defeat as a team – Labour United – with grace and dignity. No, instead they got the police to escort each of them home (‘lejn ir-residenzi privati taghhom’) after they had seen Chicken Sant to bed fi-sieghat bikrin tal-Hadd.
This was supposed to be a statement issued to explode the myth that they ran away and left Falzon to face the music alone. Well, if this isn’t running away (home to bed under police escort), I don’t know what is. Did the two of them have to run to Labour HQ to break the bad news to the mexxej, who doesn’t own a mobile phone? Of course not – one of them should have stayed behind with Falzon. Meanwhile, l-iljun tal-bidla was abandoned to his fate, keeping the show on the road alone, and then driving himself home without police to protect him from the hysterical masses.
The final paragraph of this cringe-making statement: ‘Dawn huma l-fatti kif graw nhar il-Hadd fil-ghaxija u kull storja ohra, tigi minn fejn tigi, hija mahsuba biss biex taghmel hsara lil-Partit Laburista u b’mod personali lil Dr Mangion u is-sur Micallef.’ I wouldn’t be too quick to boast about the veracity of those facts. You’ve been called chicken enough. It now looks as though Dishonourable Chickens is more like it.
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i never realised that Dr Sant was so thick that they needed all evening to explain the situation to him when all Malta understood it in a few seconds
Hey mates, beware the bird-flu now! Run for cover! The lions are coming!
“mahsuba biss biex taghmel hsara lil-partit”? Please! Why would anyone need to do that when three quarters of Labour United’s team did such a good job of that themselves last Sunday?
For some reason I cannot get rid of this image in my mind.Two armies face off in a field full of tajn (PRovided by one of them of course).Suddenly, two of the most senior captains are found to be holed up in a tent with their cowering general and with the use of an abacus they try to explain to him that once more they have to retreat. They do so, well actually someone else has to do it for them,and the battle is over. Now we can all Nistriehu as was PRophetically announced by some nobody.
…and now, ladies and gentlemen, we present to you the new leader of Labour… Joseph Muscat – another AS yapping dog, and another ‘wise guy’ who on Sunday morning was predicting a Labour landslide victory!
How many more of these guys does Labour have? KMB, Sant, just a bunch of election losers….we need change guys… Malta Labour is the laughing stock of the world!!!
Question: In the democratic world, is there another instance of a major party losing 3 elections in a row?
Pull the other one Charlie!
Why did Fredu and the chickens neeed a police escort? Who were they afraid of? Michael Falzon stayed on amongst the Nats at the counting hall with no police escort!
They are really living up to the parties new name MLP (Malta Liars Party)
They Will never learn, and if they continue as they are, they will spend another 15yrs in opposition.
Maltastar, criticisin PM for not Choosing JPO for his cabinet , after embracing hin during the campaign…Come ONNNNNNN.
If he chose him Headlines would read PM chooses JPO despite being investigated for corruption.
You will never win, and they will never change.
I am pretty sure they will not be able to find a leader who is uo to Gonzi’s standard.
btw where did id-dentist go after he stormed out of the counting hall at around 2pm with such a long face ??
did he join the peacock and dna mangion and went to comfort the leader as well ??
I think he went to remove the mud thrown at him by Jaysin tal-Qsari, and the other one, (what the hell is his name? oh, yes…the ex MLP leader)!
Did you hear about Jaysin’s new job?
He’s working to ensure that il-Malghtab ifewwah. Ghalinqas ikun jiswa ghal xi haga :)
by the id-dentist i meant Dr. M. Vella Haber ..not JPO ;)
Can someone please explain why Maltastar demands your ID card number if you want to comment on their website? Could it be so that they will provide police protection if they don’t like what you say?
[Moderator – It’s because the Labour Party is populated by professuri tad-demokrazija.]
Both parties maintain databases of people’s political affiliations, indexed by ID card number. It seems the MLP is more enthusiastic in the way it gathers data.
Paul Spiteri: you can bypass that request by sending them a conventional email message. Unfavourable email messages are sent straight into the electronic recycling bin.