“Failure to [consult] will add to the list of negative messages this Government has managed to send in its first two weeks.”

A PN spokesman reacting to news that Labour’s former deputy leader Anġlu Farrugia, who fell out with the party’s leader during the election campaign, will be appointed Speaker.


“The party is an old tree that needs tender loving care.”

Nationalist MP and television personality Claudette Buttigieg on her decision to contest the post for the PN’s deputy leader.


“I am no Berlusconi.”

Businessman Raymond Bugeja insisting he did not share former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi’s lifestyle and that his bid for the PN leadership was driven solely by a desire to serve his country.


“Don’t compare Cyprus to Malta.”

Central Bank of Malta governor Josef Bonnici dismissing as “misleading” economic and financial comparisons between the two islands.


“Italian newspapers would do well to look at what’s happening in their own stadiums.”

South End Core fan leader Louis Agius contesting Italian media reports claiming Maltese supporters directed racist chants at striker Mario Balotelli.


“I did my job and my duty.”

Zammit Clapp Hospital manager Noel Borg humbly shrugging off declarations he did anything heroic when he walked through flames to rescue trapped residents and employees.


“The patient is not able to travel or face psycho-social exposure.”

A medical certificate issued by a German doctor enabling former European Commissioner John Dalli to postpone meeting Maltese investigators probing the scandal that caused his resignation.

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