Now I’m watching Edward Scicluna and Tonio Fenech on TVM
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January 21, 2013 at 10:16pm
For a young, liberal and progressive party, Labour’s got rather a lot of people in their 60s on board, doesn’t it?
Who’s the fresh, new talent – Silvio Parnis?
I thought Scicluna was supposed to be well-mannered. I’ve been watching for 10 minutes and all I can hear is the sound of him interrupting, butting in and talking over Fenech.
I suppose he’s trying to take on the persona of a Laburist, and boy, is he succeeding.
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If Edward Scicluna’s in the running, who’s going to lecture us on statistics this time round? Lino Sant?
Oh and this one’s still at it: http://www.francodebono.com/2013/01/18/if-you-feel-ashamed-of-forming-part-of-austin-gatts-party-then-lets-talk/
Zzzzz.
Il-profs dahal fl-istalla tal-hamalli homor. Ghandhu unur ukoll.
On 10 March 2013, Edward Scicluna will regret the fact that he was not able to announce that his statistics show that we are going to have a “gvern gdid” led by “dan il-Muviment.”
That will have one fewer Labour mouthpiece professor then, at the university.
I wish they’d all be star candidates, maybe I can get through a semester without having to hear how well Mintoff did things compared to how things are going down the toilet nowadays.
During the last lecture I attended, I thought that the Profs. in question was actually not going to mention the hoary goat’s idolised name, but no.
Forty-five minutes in and he had to mention him.
Unbelievable, every lecture.
Same old Labour even if the leader is 39. His mentality and his suits are those of an 80-year-old.
The professor of Mintoffianomics wants us to change from dependence on oil to total dependence on gas. Why do I see something wrong in that argument?
Not only that, but by privatising power generation, Malta will become dependent and a colony of a private investor, who may also be made to impose political pressure on the government, in the interest of his country’s international policies. Addio freedom day.
Daphne, watch this,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghSJsEVf0pU and than this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld0hUaZZ9ko
Find the difference.
Musically similar, structure identical. lyrics, chorus, harmony? Same….. Obama, taghna ‘lkoll…..
Scicluna is showing no substance.
No wonder, most of it has slipped off his scalp whilst it seems that ALL of it has vanished from beneath it.
And the best part: Tonio Fenech explained the premium quoted on the oil prices every three months is not a commission but an extra charge for a better quality fuel.
That was really good. Hope Saviour saw it.
There he was on TVAM, Pierre Portelli at the safe spit-free distance, Joe Mifsud holding up his papers for protection and the one next to him seated at an impossibly jaunty angle to remain out of target.
Balzan; plezz
Portelli; liema prezz?
Balzan; le plezz, bla bla bla….
Portelli; eh sewwa….(?)
Which reminds me, that when we were under Mintoff’s and Ghaddafi’s reign we got cheaper petrol but it was cheap in more more ways.
PL aka MLP – Group of fossilised sexagenarians manipulating as their frontman a daddy’s boy touching on 40.
Baqaw l-istess.
Socjalist taqtalu denbu…cuc u hmar jibqa.
Scicluna you are increasingly part of the ageing problem and cost of these islands.
I watched them: Scicluna was walking on a tight rope. On one side he was trying to be a Laburist by interrupting incessantly and on the other he tried to bring up corruption stories which have been shred to pieces earlier in the day on the media.
He threw away his balancing stick (reputation) of an economist for that of a Labour politician.
He was trying to sell the idea that commissions were paid and we were having a bad deal.
Tonio Fenech made good level-headed arguments: no one will invest money in pipelines, power plants or interconnectors without expecting a profit plus a decent payback period.
I read Malta Today’s article about the commissions this Mr Sammut got from the Dutch company, then I checked Wikipedia and found that Wiki already copied the report from Saviour’s Malta Today.
He should sue them.
I feel like all this just doesn’t make a difference. The majority of people hear buzz words which makes it easy for Labour officials to be effective – they just need to mention the buzz words, and no need for substance.
It was evident in the vox pop at the beginning of Close-Up.
And this business with Frank Sammut could all be a big fat lie but the damage will still be done. It just stands for another buzz word: corruption.
This reminds me of 2008 and the whole JPO business right before the election.
I’m trying to stay positive by the fact that polls show there are more undecided people than there were in 2008.
Didn’t watch it myself, and wouldn’t be telling the world about it if I did.
But the point’s not that. Have you really ever followed Tonio Fenech in any TV debate? He’s master interrupter par excellance. That doesn’t seem to bother you of course, prolly you don’t even notice it coz you’d be at it yourself infront of the box jumping around, calling out all sorts of obsenities and what not.
[Daphne – Is that how the women in your family behave? Prolly? Do speak normally. You’re an adult.]
No they don’t. In fact, they are way different to what I see in you.
[Daphne – I thought as much. Hence your fascination.]
Scicluna dismissed safety concerns saying the people of Birzebbuga are used to living with gas plants on their doorstep.
‘Dawk imdorrijin bit-tankijiet’.
This thing’s become so surreal it must be true.
What matters to Labour at the moment is to shove the idea that the PN was against gas in the first place.
The idea here, is to conceal their real blunder, EU funding.
When Tonio pointed out that Labour’s proposal wouldn’t qualify for funds, Konrad adamantly contradicted him saying it would, ‘still infrastructure’.
We know it doesn’t. As does Konrad, now. It’s clear he didn’t check all his facts.
Funding isn’t exactly which RAL to paint those tanks.
We’re also aware that the PN started talks with the EU two years ago. Still, most laburisti are being fed hogwash on Super 1.
It could explain the confusion on whether the return on capital’s included or not.
A bloody mess.
I am disgusted at nearly all the politicians on TV.
They are very ill-mannered. Apart from that we are now fed up hearing politics ALL the time, the programmes are so childish (no grey or anything in the middle) and everybody speaking all at once hence one can not understand anything.
When I do not manage to stand it anymore I switch to the BBC etc.
I must say though that the leaders on Xarabank were not as bad and I enjoyed their debate. Also the debate between the deputies was the most civil.
From what I suss out of Scicluna’s failed turn-the-table regurgitations in The Times on Wednesday, he seems to be an avid reader of your blog, Daphne.