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Keith Schembri of Kasco Ltd has organised another group of Labour students to boo the prime minister who built the college they’re in and made it possible for them to be there.
They’re even chanting SHAME ON YOU.
Their utter stupidity is shocking. I now almost wish that Labour is elected so that they find out what it means to be out of work in a troubled economy.
People that thick, from households that intellectually disadvantaged, only learn things the hard way. Or perhaps not, because their parents didn’t either.
Brave New World, eh? There they are, audience and Labour leader, all of them entirely indebted to PN policies for their opportunities and education, dissing the PN leader who made much of it possible while his predecessor did the rest.
And they CHEER when Joseph Muscat tells them what HE will do, while booing the prime minister who made it possible for them to do what they are doing now.
And that’s why I say that no amount of formal education will make a dent in the colossal ignorance that comes from the home environment (or genes).
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So this is Joseph Muscat’s way of showing the students where to work. Shaming Gonzi for not finishing Smart City as though he has any control on the private sector, and as if all the hundreds of students who graduated from MCAST and the university, in ICT, did not find a job.
Shame on Muscat a million times over.
A girl asks Joseph Muscat how is he going to guarantee work for the students who will eventually graduate from MCAST.
He answers that he will get 16 year olds to form a ‘korp’. And he will reduce energy bills.
What?
Incredible. A student is seen reading a question off his mobile phone and addressing it to Dr. Gonzi. The Kasco machine is working well.
Mobiles nowadays have notes applications. Don’t be daft.
The daft one is the person who needs notes to ask a simple question.
You’re right in that respect. But some decide to assume that it was an sms that they’re reading.
Who says it wasn’t?
One has to prove that something isn’t what others assume it is? The burden of proof rests on the people that make the assumptions.
Daft, you say? Oh. It seems to me that these young people at the MCAST – who all belong to the I’m in myth – were “organised” by outsiders.
Yes, it is daft to think that a young man “needs” a mobile phone on which to write a question to ask later.
Had this question been, say, two paragraphs long, maybe he would need a mobile phone for sure. It was a simple question Mr. Grima and it did not come from him.
I think we read too much into this propaganda, and look for anything to help us make it true. Most people who enjoy pointing fingers at supporters from one party already know who they’re going to vote for.
I for one listened to this debate because I’m not convinced by anyone.
I agree with Dr. Gonzi that those who repeat should not get a stipend unless they failed because of special or particular circumstances.
If a student fails because he did not work hard and missed lectures, etc, then he must suffer the consequences of his actions. So no stipend should be given.
I just heard a student say that the Labour party introduced stipends. This is an outright lie.
Stipends were introduced by a Nationalist government.
The stipend were introduced by the Labour. Before you speak, know your facts.
[Daphne – In fact, they were not. Believe me. I was there.]
As far as I recall, the few lucky students who were admitted to the university were given pocket money in exchange for SIX MONTHS’ worth of full-time work. Needless to say all courses where lengthened accordingly, so that 3-year courses became 5.
That is very different to the stipend system where you’re given monthly stipends + annual grants of hundreds of euros for just turning up for your lectures.
The Prophecy – you are either daft or plain bloody stupid. Take your pick.
I think that The Prophecy is rather young and believes blindfolded whatever he is told. Sorry, stipends were introduced by the PN.
Don’t these idiots know that Labour had closed down the polytechnic. It was the PN in government that reopened it as MCAST.
Now that is gratitude for you.
This is not to be taken that they must vote PN but the shame should really be on the PL and not Dr Gonzi.
Ara….Labour planted questions throughout the crowd….what a surprise.
Right now, Muscat in power and Simon as opposition leader might be some sort of consolation.
Joey as PM will be hounded every step of the way.
Why so quick to discard Gonzi? Ok, he made mistakes, and some pretty big ones at that. But what could anybody have done with spiteful colleagues taking pot shots at every turn?
He has ably managed Malta’s economy, when all around Malta countries were, and still are, reeling from the financial earthquake.
He managed to steer Malta through some horrendous storms, and brought the ship safely to anchor.
Decidedly a good man to have around when the going gets tough.
There’s shouting from both sides. I’m hearing “Shame on you” and “Blokka Silg”. Both sets are idiots.
An idiot is a person who can’t distinguish between a block of ice and a block of cocaine.
And those who say they can’t are liars.
We’ve got very bad cases of 2 weights 2 measures in Malta, it’s ridiculous.
It’s just a case of sheep following the person sitting next to them, no matter what they’re saying. Probably half of the people shouting didn’t know why they were shouting and what they were shouting actually meant.
Oh, and for the sake of argument, the PL claimed that the barman said that it was a block of ice, and that they didn’t reinstate him even though he said so. It’s just spin after spin that is making this whole electoral race a bigger farce than it already is.
No Matthew, it was the president who told Toni Abela it was white powder, a prova cara.
Snort.
Matthew, “Shame on you” sounds idiotic as MCAST was reopened by PN, when it was closed by MLP in the 70s, and “Blokka Silg” is not so idiotic as you have to be stupid for someone to panic and report to the deputy leader because someone was cutting a block of ice in a Labour Party’s club kitchen.
There is a lot of talk about not dwelling on the past. I don’t want to enter into a debate on the merits of doing so. But it really shows that students today do not have any idea what it means to be at the mercy of Labour.
I was too young to remember how in 1983 [if I recall correctly], labour thugs attacked university students on campus, beating them up [and putting an end to rag day for nearly 20 years]. I was too young to recall how you only enter university through a sponsor, which was not easy to obtain. Tertiary education was not available to all. I know this through records I went through at university during my student days more than 10 years later.
Yet I lived through [and was one of the guinea pigs] of the forgotten promises not to touch the stipends in 1996, entering university in 1997, and leaving university having received a lesser grant, with a loan to repay, tempered only by Nationalist intervention stopping the loan system.
As a former student, my experience is one of false promises. Lately, Labour felt the need to interfere with the running of Student’s House, through Owen Bonnici. And they’re not yet in government.
So can you imagine what can happen, students, if Labour are elected?
As a final note, tertiary education became available to ALL through nationalist governance. Is this something we should forget?
Tom there is no doubt that the Nationalists’ ‘cavallo di battaglia’ has been education, but harping on the past will not win them this election. That past will only haunt those who lived through it. Others will look at it just as a historical event.
The first-time voters are attracted to a party that is run like a business with a well-thought out brand and a clear marketing strategy.
Labour has learnt this all too well and a usually very well-prepared PN camp has been caught napping on this. If you add to this a good dose of humility (which unfortunately has been missing for a long time in the PN and needed to be addressed in this legislature; now it is too late in the day to project a down-to-earth image) you are going to attract the sympathy and votes of many.
This debate is even more primitive than the one that took place at the university.
There again, I expected no better from rent-a-mob v 2.0; and in Paola of all places.
You see this was the problem with the PN administration.
They gave really great things to people who are too stupid to vote for them, but largely neglected the PN voters. So now, in desperation, they’re scrambling and squirming for a vote.
You see Labour have it easy. Gonzi could give these people gold and they would complain angrily that it is too heavy.
But if Muscat gave them a qallut, fresh from his backside, they’d rub it against their faces and cheer about how warm it is.
Brace yourselves, the rise of the retards is upon us.
Crude way of putting it, but I agree with you all the way.
Spot on. One of the best comments ever!
Tajba. LIKE
one of the best comments to perfectly describe the situation we are experiencing today.
Wow, now we know exactly how the mob works. Seeing the live stream we acknowledge that questions were already handed in to those working at PL headquarters as answers were being given and booed before even asked.
What this tells me is that Labour’s following isn’t as big as they would have us believe, so they need to plant questions. 9th March is still up for grabs.
I have almost switched off the debate. It has been a disgusting display of arrogance and lack of respect towards the PM. I cannot imagine what would have happened if questions were directed in this way to previous administrations.
What will Keith of Kasco be getting from a Labour government?
Keith Schembri led Muscat’s energy working group and had accompanied Muscat to Libya where Muscat signed an agreement with Gaddafi within days of becoming opposition leader. Schembri also reportedly has business interests in Libya.
In Malta, he owns Kasco http://www.kasco.com.mt but seems to have an awful lot of time and money to spend on the PL campaign.
And a lot of energy.
Students in their first year should be given a lecture on student history.
How many people know what Student’s Day [5th October] actually represents, for example. If this were done, they wouldn’t consider Labour after that.
Staqsu lil Dr.Michael Frendo fuq is-swat fl-universita.
il-Ginger, you are unfortunately very right taking as an example the power station. Labour voters have spent years saying how it ruins our village’s nature and skyline and I agree with that because it does.
But now that Muscat wants to build a second one which will bring even more noise, traffic and pollution, NOW it is not a problem for our village.
Ah, but newspeak on ONE is that they’ll REMOVE the power station.
Just follow Jackie Mercieca and Eman Pulis, they got their repeats at night.
Mercieca targets her type, desperate housewives, Pulis goes for the young ones straight out of lectures.
Adult males get 10 inch heels on late night 9:03.
All this messa in scena feels like Labour panic. They wouldn’t rent a mob or prepare questions if they were that relaxed about victory.
They are in panic indeed. And in their modus operandi they are simply revealing themselves and showing their true colours.
They do not know otherwise.
I really wish that videos of what happened at university during Labour years be shown on tv and uploaded on YouTube.
There is I believe a video taken during the 1977 graduation. I was there and it was a terrible experience. These students need to see such videos so that they know what Labour means. They obviously have no idea.
I would not be surprised that if Labaour are elected, the MCAST would be closed again. I would like to see these students cheering then.
Don’t you realize you sound really confused Ms Daphne ? Stupidity coming out of your mouth never fails to shock me and honestly , you are surely one of those ignorant GonziPN followers who keeps putting a bad name on the party as people who see your articles are utterly disgusted by your ignorance . Can’t you just respect other’s opinions and focus on your own life and get one if needed ! You are rude !
Shame on someone like you who have no respect for others around ! It’s true that freedom of speech exists , but know the limits as respect exists too Ms Blue Daphne .
Shame !!
An honest comment to which i agree to the fullest. Your blogs make me sick whenever I read them. You don’t admit anything and all your arguments are invalid. You have no economic and social awareness at all and you make me think that you are Gonzi’s little minion (so recently you are known as papa smurf’s pet). Labour looks forward to a bright future where Malta and its citizens live as one and put our pasts behind because unlike your political nonsense, Malta is “Taghna Lkoll” !
‘….Labour looks forward to a bright future where Malta and its citizens live as one and put our pasts behind because unlike your political nonsense, Malta is “Taghna Lkoll” !
Allow me Reuben,
http://rexcurry.net/socialism-posters/posters/schule.jpg
http://www.culturalrevolutionartifacts.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/12-12-03143.jpg
‘Political nonsense’, Daphne, sweet eh?
Here it is, a national socialism, opposed to the plot of an alien, Godless, international elite.
http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/willow/national-socialist-german-workers-party0.gif
And who will define the linits?
You see, this where you fail miserably, in everything you try to do. You will acknowledge freedom of speech, but not its consequences.
And no, one doesn’t have to respect an opinion. Nor is one bound to respect anyone who will insist on upholding the grotesque, snide, hateful as simply an opinion.
Wow, way to go Anon! That’s shut her up for sure, such a sound and intelligently formed argument. Factual, cutting and precise. I think we’ve definitely seen the last of ‘Ms Blue Daphne’ thanks to you! Really – THANK YOU.
Now piss off back to Maltastar where others of your patently low IQ will be much more welcoming.
So Anon has a name – and it’s Reuben Testa, but that’s probably fictitious too.
Here’s one of Labour’s latest buzzwords ‘Reuben’: PUERILE
hahah what? no i’m not the anon, infact I just found that I know her and she is right in what she says in everyway !
[Daphne – Yes, you probably sit next to each other in the internet elve department at Labour Central. Imsieken, that you even have to organise your comments. If you are going that far, at least consult a dictionary.]
Veru? You know her? (‘her’ meant to dispel the possibility of Anon and Reuben being one and the same)
Xi hlew! U x’kumbinazzjoni!
Maybe it’s fate, Reuben, I mean Anon. No, Reuben. Kismet. Good luck with that, Anon. I mean Reuben, sorry.
and yeah, as I can see personal attacks are really helping you to sound stupid haha ! unlike you and your dusty and rotting ways we would like to see change, and see what the new Labour party consists of. Panicking and starting personal attacks makes me laugh, so stop it will you… I see families that used to be high in middle class now torn apart and on the verge of debt until the pay comes again at the end of the month and when it comes due to bills and taxes it’s gone again. So shut up with your stupid attacks! I want change, I was once afraid f it, but now, even more, I’m sure of it ! remember to stop frowning when you read this will you? thanks
[Daphne – Oh grow up. You’re 18 not eight. You’re a fine one to talk, coming as you do from a family of people who voted for Mintoff, KMB and Sant and against EU membership. Really progressive and liberal. And you would have done the same if you had had a vote back then. ‘Dusty and rotting ways’ indeed – qisni jien kont li vvutajt kontra l-Ewropa u biex nerga ngib lura KMB bhala prim ministru wara hames snin ta’ Fenech Adami. I hope for your sake you somehow manage to broaden your outlook. At this stage there is precious little that can be done about broadening your intellect.]
Ms high IQ Daphne who is not afraid of anything , you will not impress anyone by your good grammar , the argument is what counts . Ignorance at its best ! STOP THIS HATRED ! and neil , is that the only point you found to try and make a fool out of us? Reuben and me being the same person ? haha so not !
He is my friend and he replied to support my message just like another person whom i dont know ( Jozef ) did .
Daphne , why don’t you gain some respect ? Continued to confirm your rudeness and lack of respect to others , on the news a few weeks ago . Remember ? Why don’t you write an article on that ? If it was a PL candidate you would have written something for sure ! heh what a waste of a person
[Daphne – I trust you are not a student. Your writing is absolutely terrible. And yes, Anon, correct punctuation and grammar are a necessity, not a luxury or something optional. As a note: ignorance is a bad thing, not a good one. So you should speak of ‘ignorance at its worst’ and not ‘ignorance at its best’. I couldn’t be bothered explaining the rest. It’s not my job and people like you are a lost cause anyway. You love being what you are and think it’s great, so go right ahead and love it some more.]
My family I am proud to say that alone opened the first free secondary level schools in Malta! and when I said dusty and rotten ways I was speaking about the personal attacks imposed by the great one above me. Yes dear I’m 18 but when I see my own mother cry because she can’t make it till the end of the month, that my dear is personal level an
[Daphne – I had no idea that private individuals set up free secondary schools. That’s fascinating, and you must tell me more. If your mother is crying because she can’t make it to the end of the month on the salaries from two good jobs, then ask her about her accounting and budgeting skills. If you think that having a Labour government will put free stuff in your pocket so that you don’t have to pay for it, you’ve been brainwashed. The more likely scenario is that one or both of your parents will have lost their jobs before Joseph’s term is out. That’s going to be a reality check for them because OBVIOUSLY, 1996 to 1998 was not. Every day in an election campaign I wake up and thank God that I wasn’t raised by brainwashed Laburisti parents, because look at all the damage that’s been done to generations. It’s unquantifiable and shocking: generation after generation who can’t think rationally.]
Lambs to the slaughter……
Reubanon, are you a product of MCAST, by any chance? If so then you have even more reason to crawl back under your faux-blue rock.
A quick look at recent Polytechnic/MCAST history should be more than enough, but you need a serious reality check. Oh and maybe some tal-privat in Eng. Lang.
and don’t tell me it has to do with your parents or something because my dad has a decent job and so does my mum and they both work hard and disciplinary. Tort tal lejber? I don’t think so, there was time were living fine, but I’m sorry to say these last 5 years, 8 years were a down scaling nightmare !
[Daphne – Oh Reuben, did you by any chance ask them about the upscaling from 1987? Your mother and father are probably my contemporaries. I’d LOVE to know what they tell you. I’ve always wondered why people with functional brains carried on voting for Labour as they always did between 1981 and 2013, regardless of the state of play.]
No I didn’t, and given that I can quote here it is;
‘And who will define the limits?
You see, this where you fail miserably, in everything you try to do. You will acknowledge freedom of speech, but not its consequences.
And no, one doesn’t have to respect an opinion. Nor is one bound to respect anyone who will insist on upholding the grotesque, snide, hateful as simply an opinion.’
Ara vera katubi.
haha ! there is no need for you to correct my grammar and punctuation and the rest . You understood my point well and still , the only thing you mention is my English !
[Daphne – Yes, Anon, and I can always understand perfectly the many different barks and non-verbal gestures of my dog. You should try that form of communication some time if getting the message across is all that matters.]
you are such a good teacher Ms Galizia , made me so sad with your comment :( haha. And sorry for opening the scars . If I need a dictionary , you surely need a guide on how to be less rude , as that was something interesting and irresponsible but quite expected from someone like you . Do you even know what values are ? Because you showed none ! Have fun with your life and I really hope you never do that again ! At least if you do , write an interesting article on it . Shameful
[Daphne – ‘Have fun with your life’: isn’t that the sort of thing you should only say to somebody who, like you, is just starting out?]
referring to the first secondary school. I meant PM Mintoff at that time gave him consent to open the first Junior Lyceum in Malta M.A Vassalli to be exact at tal Handaq… now known as St.Ignatius College.
[Daphne – Mintoff gave WHO ‘consent’ to open the first Junior Lyceum in Malta? Junior lyceums were always set up and run by the state, never by private individuals. You really, really don’t know what you’re talking about. And the first Lyceum predates Mintoff by generations. Your parents have fed you too much drivel.]
That cleared, Neil shut up! Your argument is only English! Go get a teaching job for God’s sake! back to the argument, my dad is an accountant… thank god he knows more accounts than you do!
[Daphne – Strange that I find it so hard to believe your father is an accountant. Your mother wouldn’t be crying in corners about being unable to make ends meet if he were, Reuben. But then I don’t believe that either.]
Secondly, The problem always was because of the partisan government my dead even my uncle couldn’t get promotions in their work and again its not because they are ignorant my uncle went abroad and is now a professor at universities in Cairo, China, Brussels and other countries but had to leave his family to go to these places and regards to my dad he preferred to keep on living with us, so I ask?
[Daphne – Really, who sent him away? Mintoff? He did a lot of that. Maybe they left because they wanted to – did that ever occur to you? Nobody discriminates against people because of their political beliefs anymore. They must have had some other problem. But children don’t get told everything by their parents so you’ll have to find out for yourself.]
does this had to happen just because we come from a Labour family we cannot advance in our work positions?! I’ll vote for DrMuscat because I look forward to seeking equality in this country and stop partisan-ism.
[Daphne – You already have equality, Reuben. You just don’t know what to do with it.]
To seek a change is no sin, it’s a risk and at this state I hope our country takes it. I see what people around are going through and I have to say, it doesn’t look good. Maybe it does from a villa in Madliena hills, but there are other citizens in bad situations that’s where a new government should act! thank you for your time and please to the others just a gentle opinion, cut the personal attacks you’ll make more sense!
[Daphne – Actually it looks worse from a villa in the Madliena hills (where, incidentally, I don’t live), because those are generally the people employing others and worried like hell about what’s to come. I know one person who lives in the Madliena hills, though, who’s paying for part of Labour’s campaign. Not because he cares for the suffering working-class, but because he thinks his brothers got more business under this government than he was naturally entitled to.]
you keep on insisting don’t you ! do I have to go that personal to explain! I didn’t say my grandfather owned the school! he was it’s first headmaster he was given the job to take secondary level schools to new heights and he alone was given the consent to make this happen and make junior lyceums as good as church schools which he did and my dear Daphne No-one fed me this information. It’s in newspapers! …. now stop this argument !
[Daphne – Headmaster, was he? You do him proud.]
Now my dad, is an accountant yes at a bank! and yes as I told you before the couldn’t be promoted and don’t tell me it doesn’t exist anymore because now my dad is in his 50’s and to it’s hard to get promoted as younger people are always preferred but when he was at a good age they still wouldn’t let him because of his political views! and my uncle went through the same thing, these are his words not mine and I trust their honesty!
[Daphne – Oh, I doubt very much that he’s not promoted because he’s a Laburist. There are people who work in very senior positions at HSBC who have Labour emblems plastered all over Facebook, for instance. There must be some other problem. In any case, if he really is an accountant, he should have struck out on his own or joined one of the consulting firms, instead of hanging around at the same bank, complaining. He has nobody to blame but himself. Don’t adopt his attitude. Learn from it and do differently.]
and also i didn’t refer to any of you about Madliena, just made a point! As I told you the last 8 years were just a down scaling nightmare!
[Daphne – Really, what did you downscale? I’m curious. When I was 18 I hadn’t a clue how a house was run, how bills were paid or what was being down or upscaled. I had no interest. And 1983 was no picnic, I assure you. Shouldn’t you be chasing girls instead of worrying about the groceries?]
I’m gonna stop with the personal arguments because its no use with you I don’t blame you .. you don’t have the facts… and yes I’m 18 … and yes at 18 you should probably have started to acknowledge problems that I too have to face in the future. I, like many others was given a vote and I have to see to whom I shall give my trust. Not based on the past, now I have to say it because we mentioned the past alot but hello it’s the present and following Labour through this campaign I;m sorry for you to say, I’m into change and taking risks, Labour gave me the best vision of thhe next five years to come.
thank you and Goodnight
[Daphne – Your parents made your mind up for you, Reuben. Perhaps when some years go by, you’ll be lucky enough to work that out and do something about it.]
Gonzi knew what to expect today yet he still went unlike the (not so) fearless leader who pulled out of the 1 March debate on Xarabank. Who would you rather have to lead the country?
Il-Ġinger (the one leading PL) has yet to master the royal wave. He looked like his hand is attached to a mechanised Carnival float that could do with some lubricant.
Exactly my thoughts! No wonder the country is in such a state!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv_Y_vj1MgE
Min jaf kieku kien hemm Joseph, eh – I’m sure it would have turned out to be a total disaster.
These debates have developed into a comedy which prevent any serious discussion. They are giving a distorted picture of the situation.
I’m not surprised. They’ve had it too easy and think it’s always been like this. They don’t know what Labour is. They will soon find out.
MT’s polls are rigged and inflated.
Come on, rigged? Is it because Toni Abela is their lawyer? Is it because they never took sides in Dalligate and the oil scandal?
Go tell it to the marines!!!!
Smell the coffee!!!
LOL!!!
Why is everyone so aghast?
God help me for saying so, but MCAST is mostly a cesspit for erstwhile manual labourers or youths on the dole. Harry thinks it was a good idea, and I can see its merits. Namely, that it pushes down unemployment figures, while providing some form of training to school-leavers, substituting unemployment benefits with stipends.
It’s not that MCAST’s population is C2DE. It’s that they have this godawful grudge against any form of sophistication. So they will obviously support any party that speaks, acts and promises chav.
And the University of Malta is fast turning into another MCAST. In the time-honoured Maltese fashion, competition does not lead to a quest for excellence, but to a levelling off to the lowest common denominator.
Alas, and so the darkness spreads.
Let them to it Baxxter, disciplined corps, action teams, low wages, subsidised existence, self perpetuating part-time work conditions.
They’ll live under the illusion that those who won’t will get in line. As if the private sector operating in a free market doesn’t exist.
Only then will they understand.
Oh if it were up to me, we’d stop all this socialist nonsense. The PN is a Christian-democrat party only in name. Its policies have been too far to the left, no matter what Lawrence Gonzi says about helping people help themselves.
The only help anyone should be getting from the government is a lump sum to help you settle down abroad. Malta is overcrowded and cannot offer the life choices that everyone seems to want.
I put it to you that a large number of Maltese will consume far more in government expenditure than they will ever produce in national wealth. And these are precisely the people who are mollycoddled by the PN, with its ludicrous Christiano-socialist ideology.
Oh and next time any black-gowned don from the University of Malta complaints about lack of funding, you should remind him that it’s up to him to speak up. Against MCAST, if need be.
That was below the belt. Black gowned don?
He wears a tie on an aviator’s jacket FFS. Lemme guess, Morris Marina. Jesus.
I don’t know who you mean. They all wear black gowns at official ceremonies, don’t they? And quite a few of them bemoan the lack of funding.
If you’re a member of the UOM’s academic staff, and it would seem you are, you know what to do. Stop straddling the fence and grow a spine.
I think that is a poor generalization to make about MCAST students. This was probably another one of Joseph’s rent-a-crowd.
I was there, sadly.
What I found shocking was that after the debate when the leaders were about to depart, the the school’s administration asked the drivers of their cars to leave the grounds through the main gate since hundreds of students had flocked around the side gate to watch them leave.
This of course they requested in the interest of the students’ safety since the police were having a pretty hard time controlling the crowd.
The PM’s carcade left through the main gate as requested, but Joseph Muscat’s people insisted on driving through the side gate and the crowd… you know, just in case anyone had missed him. And they did.
I mean, the man cannot even make the right choice on such a trivial no-brainer. And he wants us to entrust him with running this country. Mhux hekk!
I don’t mind ,you don’t matter! That’s Joseph.
In this morning’s MCAST debate, a maritime student asked Dr. L. Gonzi why he should have to pay 400 euros for his uniform.
What nerve. Is this guy serious or what? Does this idiot know that in a couple of months, he could be earning thousands of euros from his job, besides travelling around the globe thanks to a Nationalist goverment.
Guess who’ll be at Mile End on the 10th of March.
The fact that you blindly swallow any such statistics provided by MaltaToday speaks volumes, Qeghdin Sew. Pre-election, with the typically high percentage of ‘did not answers’ we can’t even take a truly independent survey as being accurate.
To substantiate this, go back and look at the polls prior to the 2008 election – you should find them interesting.
MaltaToday’s surveys were spot on in 2008, Neil Dent. Read about it here: http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/2008/03/16/n7.html
Of course the Labour party still has a lot of work ahead of it until the 9th of March.
Reuben Testa, in the sixties the PN sent teachers abroad to prepare themselves and train on how to teach maths, thermodynamics, electronics, mechanical engineering and whatnot , while the Polytechnic in Msida (MCAST) and the university at Tal-Qroqq were being built.
When Labour was in power the students were not certain whether their courses would continue when the college reopened after the summer holidays. They didn’t know whether the City & Guilds exams would be held, and catering students found out that all their catering equipment, which the Nationalist government had bought for them, had been taken to the hurriedly repaired Mediterranean Conference Centre.
Labour never built a single school and worse still, it sold the Teachers Training College at Ta’ Giorni to the Libyans.
In the Labour years, one would have been privilged to go to the Tal-Handaq “New’ lyceum which consisted of old barracks and Nissen huts made of corrugated iron.
How can anyone dare trust Labour with our education?