Joseph Muscat’s reaction following the budget must qualify as one of the most unpredictable reactions ever. You’d expect him to state that this budget was a bloated cornucopia of pre-electoral gifts. You’d expect him to state that he did not believe the government would take it seriously given that Franco Debono’s (and don’t forget the Birthday Party man’s) threat loomed ominously behind it like a badly scripted haiku. You’d expect him, on a normal day, to dig into whatever he perceived as the flaws of the budget and (if there were any) the contradictions to be found therein.
But not Joseph. What does he do? Well he basically says that there is nothing wrong with this budget (he had already hinted that he would keep the “good bits” – that’s right I hate the blue M&Ms too) and then proceeds to say that the best government to implement this budget would be his labour government.
In the words of the tennis champion: “You cannot be serious!” After months upon months of faffing and foot shuffling about giving away an iota of a plan as to what labour would do once it is in government we now get the leader of the opposition seriously informing us is that his plan to come first in class is to steal his friends’ homework.
In un paese pieno di coglioni, ci mancano le palle.
