Category: Mediawatch
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The joke’s on you
I’m just back from a late night showing of a fantastic The Dark Knight Rises. It’s definitely my favourite from the Christopher Nolan series if only for the plot that jumps straight at you as a masterpiece of political intrigue. What happens to society if you give it the freedom to choose? What happens when…
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Mistra Matters
The nationalist party had promised to present proof that it was Joseph Muscat who had given the game away about the PL’s targeting of JPO for the Mistra affair. We’re still waiting for concrete proof- if there is any beyond the words of PN officials. In any case though the whole story of Joseph’s blabbing…
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It’s not a coalition Mister Speaker
The heat continues. The Times reported JPO’s latest dramatic act with the following headline: “JPO tells Speaker he considers himself in coalition with the government.” My first reaction was something to the extent of thinking that JPO can call the relationship whatever he bloody well likes. Then I read the article and found the letter…
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Cohabitation stupid.
Over at the Runs there seems to be some backtracking about whether or not the JPO-PN arrangement is actually a coalition. It would seem that someone more competent than Daphne wrote a guest-post upon invitation clarifying why the JPO and PN arrangement is not a coalition: An Independent-Nationalist, not a ‘coalition’. Well there’s nothing new there…
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Summer is Cohabitation (the molotov beach cocktail)
1. The current arrangement is not a coalition. It’s cohabitation, stupid. 2. Gonzi’s right to govern is as legitimate today as it was on March 10th 2008. 3. There has still not been a successful vote of no confidence in this government. There is therefore no reason for this government to resign. 4. The cohabitation…
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The Annotated Muscat – ready, steady… no
Joseph Muscat is away in Italy on holiday but the Times still reports him as “speaking on the radio this morning”. Well, J’accuse has not given someone the Lorna Treatment for quite some time and why not give it a try with Full of Potential Joseph? From the article entitled “PL well prepared for an…