Labour leader Joseph Muscat yesterday said he would be asking people to take to the streets and stage a protest against the way the government was leading the country. (Times)

They’ll soon be telling you that you are not cool Joe. And they’d be right. You may gift wrap your “Issa Daqshekk” Union in new clothing all you like. You may walk like the nationalists and talk like the nationalists all you want. You may claim to be progressive until the cows (and undecided) come home. What you are doing though is simply proving, like others before you, that you are capable of being a protester – a noisy opposition.

Funny but I was labouring under the impression that we already knew that there were masses upon masses of disgruntled voters – and of people who have had enough of the way the government is leading the country. Did we need Inhobbkom Joseph and his “demonstration” (sic) to find that out? Tell me… what use will this “demonstration” (sic) be other than a bloody nuisance of a whinger get-together. Wouldn’t Joseph be cooler if he concentrated on studying his plans for government – a good tip would be to start from outlining a core set of values which the disgruntled people should expect from a possible future labour government. I don’t vote for anyone on the basis on the noise he or she makes but on the quality of their propositions.

And finally here’s a tip with regards to not giving clues about where your priorities lie:

“Dr Muscat also expressed satisfaction at Ireland’s Yes vote for the Lisbon Treaty, which brought Malta closer to getting its sixth seat in the European Parliament.”

A footnote to his “demonstration” (sic) plans – Muscat “expressed satisfaction” (sic) at Ireland’s vote for the Lisbon Treaty. “Closer to getting its sixth seat in the European Parliament”???? Is that what the Lisbon Treaty means to Muscat? A sixth bloody seat? Is that the sum total of what the Lisbon Treaty is about?

Jesus Wept (again). Uncoolness is not a state of being… it’s an epidemy!