Ejjew, l-ahwa! Ha ninghaqdu flimkien u insibu 'cause' ohra ghal Mrs Vella
Let's march on Bahr.....ooops! Issa sew.
Austin Gatt, demonstrating the qualities for which he is admired by many and disliked by others, has just announced that the plans for a partial roof for the new Valletta theatre are “final and not going to change”.
Mrs Vella is going to have a hard time stuffing that into her pipe and smoking it.
It seems a great shame that the nation has been deprived of a televised debate between Austin Gatt and Astrid Vella.
Oh boy, how I would have LOVED to see that: the human fly-swatter with the human fly. Bbzzzzzzzzzzzz. Thwack! Bbzzzzzzzzzzz! Thwack! Thwack!
“Hawn xi hadd ghandu bott Flitt, jew?”
Now it’s back to the drawing-board for Mrs Vella (en plein air or the tea-table) to brainstorm for a new cause that will give her a reason to get out of bed in the morning.
Anything involving Robert Musumeci appears to be out, so it’s going to be an uphill struggle. Xi hadd ghandu baroque house Tas-Sliema, ghal li jista jkun?
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http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20100324/local/vince-farrugia-describes-assault-confirms-sms-messages-meant-for-joseph-muscat
I wonder if Maltastar will be writing anything about this.
[Daphne – CHARLES CRAWFORD DID NOT DENY THAT THE SMS MESSAGE WAS MEANT FOR HIM. SANDRO CHETCUII DID NOT DENY THAT HE MEANT TO SENT THE SMS TO CHARLES CRAWFORD. I couldn’t be bothered to put in the spelling and grammatical errors, but you get the gist.]
Well, there you have it.
The Labour media said that the SMS to Joseph Muscat had absolutely nothing to do with Sandro Chetcuti beating up Vince Farrugia. From the horse’s mouth – it had EVERYTHING to do with it.
I wonder if any media will ask Joseph Muscat for his comments in light of Vince Farrugia’s testimony?
To me, this is the most shocking part of the Times’ report :
” When one of them repeated how Mr Chetcuti had said ‘noqtlok noqtlok,’ Mr Chetcuti, who was in court, was heard to say ‘veru’ with a smile as he turned to his wife.”
Nice friends of Magistrate Consuelo Scerra Herrera.
And Chetcuti is out on bail.
Gatt confirms that he is the most insensitive and arrogant Minister ever to afflict the Maltese political scene.
And I get the impression he is trying to convince himself, more than anybody else.
[Daphne – Where on the scale of insensitivity and arrogance would you put the entire cabinet/s of the years 1971 to 1987? Oh but I forgot for a minute there: you voted for Lorry Sant, Joe Grima, Patrick Holland, AST, KMB, Dom Mintoff, Il-Colonna tal-Partit and other such much-loved figures.]
@ Twanny, If only all the other MPs were half as assertive as Dr Gatt our country would be paradise. He is one of just a few who deliver. Some do not like the way he delivers but at least he does.
And he delivers without any corruption. This Mickey Mouse country needs results and quickly, since I can’t see it becoming any worse. Although I am sure it will, God forbid, in 2013 unless the PN get their house in order by then.
Why was Enemalta (and, by extension, the Dellimara job) removed from Gatt’s remit?
Does that prove corruption? Are you now accusing our prime minister of being corrupt simply because he delegated Mepa to someone else? Or confirming Miss Micallef is corrupt since he was removed as Labour Party secretary general?
Twanny
“Why was Enemalta (and, by extension, the Dellimara job) removed from Gatt’s remit?”
So that he can concentrate his energies on the”Valletta job”. It’s practically guaranteed now that the project will be finished on time, before the next elections.
Did I mention corruption? No. The fact that you did, however, speaks volumes.
Twanny, people like Austin Gatt may be disliked, but they get things done.
Twanny – Do you perhaps know of some corrupt practices within Dr. Gatt’s office, of which, perhaps, Dr. Gatt may be unaware? Kindly enlighten Dr. Gatt if that is the case.
Kemm tixtiequ ssibu x`haga ohra xi tghidu fuq Austin. Arroganti, allura – l-aqwa li ghandu l-abilita politika u kapaci jiehu decizzjoni.
Twanny, tghidu x`tghidu, xorta No.1 jibqa.
Twanny, I said that he delivers without corruption and then you replied that Enemalta was removed from his remit, implying that he is corrupt. I used to wonder if you are either incredibly smart or incredibly stupid and the more you post here the clearer the answer becomes.
Twanny I was one who used to write against Austin Gatt, but I have to say he IS a doer. We were being taken for a ride by his predecessor.
The much awaited Valletta Road in Zurrieq is being re-built. Not only that, but we already have the resurfacing of Qrendi Road and the roads from Ta’ Kandja to Siggiewi, from Imqabba to Qormi and from Siggiewi to Rabat (there are some 50 metres which were not re-surfaced).
Austin: Inqas paroli u iktar xoghol.
Ha naraw ma’ xiex ha taqbad issa is-sinjura Vella. Il-bott Flitt intijulek bil-qalb kollha, Daphne, ghax ma’ niflahx aktar nisma lehinha! Kemm teqred.
There’s the Australia Hall story she could take up: the building is dilapidated and without a roof so it’s right up her street but she won’t find much support from maltastar for this particular “scandal”.
Maybe the government building on Paola Square occupied by the PN as a club?
Le, Twanny, let’s talk about the Australia Hall which caught fire on a heavily rainy night. X’ tahseb? Do a bit of brain-storming and try to work out how there was a short-circuit with no electricity.
Yes Antoine, mate. She protested about Piano’s theatre without a roof, but she never protested about Australia Hall which lies in ruins and without a roof.
I propose a protest against over-milked Maltese goats.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20100322/local/gozos-35-kilo-gbejna
How about the proposed science park similar to Nemo in Amsterdam.
Dear Daphne and Malta,
I deny everything. Does that help?
Charles
As Jim Hacker (of Yes, Minister! fame) once said, “In politics, you should never believe anything until it has been officially denied”.
[Daphne – Hence Joseph Muscat and ‘I have never had sexual relations with that Sandro Chetcuti.’]
A politician’s excuse letter.
‘I categorically deny…’ (please add accusation here).
Bore on, Twanny. Were you born tedious or did you just end up that way?
So, Twanny boy,
No beating about the bush, do you think Charles Crawford is lying?
Great all-encompassing answer – what exactly are you denying, though?
Somebody pleeeeeease explain the meaning of humour. It seems to be sorely lacking through a whole lot of comments across these blog-posts. A lot of people have to learn not to take life so seriously, kollox bill pinna u klamar.
Humour can’t be explained. You’ll notice that it’s sorely lacking among the more literal-minded. No prizes for guessing which party gets their vote.
@ Charles Crawford – If One News give you the treatment they usually give their enemy of the moment, you’re probably going to hear your name regurgitated on their media for months to come.
Din Astrid xi warm fish bit taljan jew.
Throw the dog a bone – why don’t we propose something preposterous like the Maltese version of the London Eye in the middle of Valletta, and watch Astrid latch on to it like a pitbull on a trespasser’s backside?
She’ll have a reason to live, and we’ll get a kick out of watching her protest…
Believe it or not, the “Valletta Eye” was a real project.
We have the Gorilla Cage – isn’t that enough?
[Daphne – Great, then we have somewhere to lock up half the Labour Party, leaving the stilts for the clowns who make up the other half.]
This clown, Daphne? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4xxAMer_V8 Not quite becoming of a deputy leader of the opposition party, is it?
No mention of the evidence given by Vince Farrugia on Maltastar. Is it surprising? Will they put in something by tomorrow morning? I wait with bated breath to see how they will spin this one if they do. It’s not going to be easy!
[Daphne – You can rest assured that I will be in that story somewhere, and so will that unwitting victim Charles CrOwford.]
OK, it’s now up on Maltastar – that paean of truth. You can feel how much they suffered when writing it. I smiled when they mentioned Joseph Muscat without any frills like Leader of the Opposition.
Also they wrote it to look as if it was a personal issue between Vince Farrugia and Sandro Chetcuti. No mention of the fact that it was a GRTU Council decision that Sandro should be kicked out because of his business-dinner-organisation for the Labour Party, and no mention either of the threats of “I will kill you”. Good, eh? Not surprisingly, no mention is made of Sandro’s behaviour in court.
Compare and contrast, but no sniggering, please.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20100324/local/vince-farrugia-describes-assault-confirms-sms-messages-meant-for-joseph-muscat
http://www.maltastar.com/pages/r1/ms10dart.asp?a=7929
‘partial roofless’ theatre in Valletta is .. (maltastar.com)
This is better than roofless theatre!
Minister Austin Gatt is ‘stripped Gatt’.
Better “stripped Gatt” than “stripped Bedingfield” any day.
She could also come to Bormla since there are lots of Baroque houses there and then she could stop ghand iz-Ziemel Bar. We can find some fine bone china to serve her tea in.
Cafe’ Ritz would suit her fine.
The name’s Cafe’ Riche.
@Twanny
As Jim Hacker (of Yes, Minister! fame) once said, “In politics, you should never believe anything until it has been officially denied”.
That is exactly what came to mind when Joseph Muscat denied knowing Chetcuti.
Joseph Muscat did not deny knowing Sandro Chetcuti. He denied having anything to do with the attack. In Maltastar’s terms, he didn’t deny it and so it must be true.
Except that this time, it really is.
Taf x’naf inghid, li hu xinhu, Austin Gatt sab tarf tad-dockyard u tat-trasport pubbliku.