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One of the first times I came across Edward, now Professor, Edward Scicluna was during the 1987 Election, when at the Hal-Far Counting Hall.
I recall him being given a friendly scolding by Lino Briguglio after the former predicted that the latter's Partit Demokratiku Malti would hold the balance of power between the big two.
This was the first time the 50%+1 rule had been brought into play, after Labour's defiance of the electorate in 1981 when the letter of the law had been allowed to overcome its spirit.
Scicluna was invited roundly by Lino to take a coffee, though in less complimentary terms, which might not have been the respect due to an august member of the Electoral Commission, but the two were old friends, so no offence was meant or taken.
Since then, all of us have moved on, Scicluna to professorial rank and thence to membership of the European Parliament under the Labour flag.
He's since made it known that he intends to contest the General Elections, giving Labour another super-brain about which to boast. This will also give Joseph Muscat something of a problem if and when it comes to appointing a Minister of Finance, but this won't worry him, as it would be a nice problem to have, along with who is going to be Justice and Gozo. Apparently, it's only the South at has a shoo-in Minister, in the form of Silvio Parnis.
Lucky South.
But is Scicluna so much the bee's knees when it comes to matters of the brain, in truth?
Look at this telling line from his recent interview with the Sunday Times: "Ten questions were asked, fifty one answers were given".
That the shallow, the facile, the easily-impressed, the one-nugget-less-than-a-Happy Meal brigade should trot this stupidity out on their FaceBook statuses and elsewhere is one thing, but for this grey eminence to regurgitate it as well is another thing entirely. Scicluna is either as IQ-bereft as the others, or he is willing to toe the party-line to the extent that he doesn't mind looking totally idiotic.
Either way, one has to wonder why he expects anyone to vote for him in the light of this dictum.
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Guzi Abela
Dec 14th 2011, 08:20
Monday, December 12, 2011, 20:26
"Apparently, it's only the South at has a shoo-in Minister, in the form of Silvio Parnis."
Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 18:56
Paediatric surgeon Chris Fearne today announced his intention to contest the forthcoming general election as Labour candidate on the 3rd and 4th electoral districts.
No comment needed
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Joseph Calleja
Dec 13th 2011, 17:38
Oh dear me, ABC is still at it, and attracting the same die-hards like old times. TUT TUT.
j brincat
Dec 13th 2011, 11:42
The more you mention him the more you confirm that he is worth his mettle and so an asset to the PL
AND he would be alone!.
(jb)
Victor Laiviera
Dec 13th 2011, 09:55
... but after many attempts to reach the grapes, the exhausted fox said, "F**k it, they'r probably sour anyway".
Mr Joe Micallef
Dec 13th 2011, 15:59
You're clutching in an effort to convince yourself! You’re also foaming and that is serious!
d. attard
Dec 13th 2011, 09:37
Labour has a formidable line up that contrasts with the PN who finds solutions in blind spending even as now their sprees will be capped by the upcoming constitutional amendments. It is good that Labour does have brains that can move intelligently and be efficient and effective in their spending. So expect the spinner blunderbusses (sorry could not resist that) to have it in their plan to demonize these brains with their selective out-of-context broadsides ps perhaps blogger would want to recall statements made by Brigullio and the other regime accomodating economist who's name escapes me, when we were considering the European and Euro option?
Ivan Grech Mintoff
Dec 13th 2011, 09:04
@ il-bocca
a very persuasive and logically sound piece from you once more.
I think you've definitely persuaded me that LP have not got a chance in hell this time round too.
All perfectly correct, bocca - do keep it up and regale us with more very soon!
(...pffff!!)
Francis Saliba M.D.
Dec 13th 2011, 08:57
Professor Scicluna is the wise economist who provides draft suggestions for Joseph Muscat to "digest" and thereafter to robotically "cut and paste" without the option of "Delete" or otherwise retouching the original draft of fifty one answers to ten questions. Not a very complementary way for an aspiring future Labour MP to treat his just as hopeful prospective future Prime Minister!
Carmel Grima
Dec 13th 2011, 08:48
Sur ABC messek appellajtlu biex jghidilna minn quddiem liema siggu se jzomm, dak ta' Brussels jew ta' Malta, u jinkixef l-istragedija li se jimxi biha l-PL ghall-elezzjoni li jmiss.
Ivan Grech Mintoff
Dec 13th 2011, 08:10
Wishing il-bocca and all his avid helpers a most happy Jum ir-Repubblika.
http://www.grajjietmalta.com/13%20ta'%20Dicembru,%202010%202.html
http://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jum_ir-Repubblika_(Malta)
David Scicluna
Dec 13th 2011, 00:15
Qed tghir Bocc? You can only dream of having his brains!! Mur orqod.
Antoine Vella
Dec 12th 2011, 22:54
Ten questions asked, fifty-one answers given, all of which were apparently considered valid by the good Prof. I'm sure he was not so easily satisfied - and rightly so - when he used to correct exam papers at university.
Victor Laiviera
Dec 13th 2011, 09:57
Have you had a look, recently at the 353 (that's right, 353) "promises" made by the PN in its last Electoral manifesto and how many of them have remained just that - promises?
Ms.D. Galea
Dec 12th 2011, 21:33
Either way, one has to wonder why he expects anyone to vote for him in the light of this dictum.
Maybe it is because wimmin may find him a wee bit sexier then his chief Dr. Joseph Muscat , inspite of his senior citizen status?
Please choose the reason of your report below: