Tag: Valletta
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Director, if you want to have class, learn some manners
Quite rich coming from a gitan, but leaving your handbag on the table is bad manners, however, and more importantly, showing off your Bulgari bags on government-funded trips is crass, to say the least. Why are they all the same and why are they so stupid? This is Catherine Tabone. I remember her as Jason…
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A Rent Seeker’s Paradise featured in the annual panto
It was very nice to know that A Rent Seeker’s Paradise was mentioned during this year’s panto at the Manoel Theatre. The book was Malta’s best-seller for at least six months after it was released. It is also not common to have book references in Maltese theatre and television productions. So, I think that I…
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Idiocracy abound
You couldn’t make this stuff up. It’s the stuff of pure comedy gold, but it’s done, instead by unwitting idiots who mostly lived with their mothers until they took over the government. First, the government releases a legal notice which will allow establishments in Valletta to play music until 1 am. The residents protest against…
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The insufferable elitism of a rent-seeker
There is a huge difference between rich people who made it on their own and others who gained wealth illicitly and never worked an hour in their life. Robert and Lydia Abela make part of the latter category and they have grown so accustomed to receiving wealth without working for it that they have turned…
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See how obnoxious they become when they have just a little bit of power
Labour is ignoring the pleas of Valletta’s residents and has shot down a motion in parliament to repeal the new regulations which would allow music to be played in Valletta for as long as 1 Am. Probably the regulations will also be abused (as always) and music will be played till later. Labour activists have…
