P.K. Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 2 hours ago, Derek Flint said: It is unashamedly corrupt. But the investment is massive. Eu money provides great infrastructure and within that bubble it does pretty much what it likes. I think what I'm.trying to say is that it has balls. For an island there's a lot to learn about punching well above one's weight. It doesn't seem to suffer from Manx inertia You don't want to be like Malta: The journalist who led the Panama Papers investigation into corruption in Malta was killed on Monday in a car bomb near her home. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/16/malta-car-bomb-kills-panama-papers-journalist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 8 minutes ago, P.K. said: You don't want to be like Malta: The journalist who led the Panama Papers investigation into corruption in Malta was killed on Monday in a car bomb near her home. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/16/malta-car-bomb-kills-panama-papers-journalist That was 2017 dude. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 36 minutes ago, The Phantom said: That was 2017 dude. I remembered it from the Panama Papers. The journalist involved triggered an early election by linking the then Prime Minister, one Joseph Muscat, to the Panama Papers scandal. In other words it goes all the way to the top in Malta. It's still actually rumbling around bringing the person who allegedly "ordered" the killing to justice: Businessman Yorgen Fenech, who stands charged with masterminding the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, has appealed the latest decision by the court which denied his request to have a judge disqualified from presiding over his trial. https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/yorgen-fenech-appeals-court-s-refusal-remove-judge-trial.1004467 You don't want to be like Malta... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 In the shadow of some lovely big onshore wind turbines👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Knackered as they’ll be no engineers or manual workers by then. Schools to busy selling the dream of IT, finance, e gaming. They’ll be severe infrastructure issues as a result of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Voice of Reason Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 On 2/10/2023 at 12:28 PM, The Phantom said: Have you gotten confused between 'the Old Man (and) the Sea' and 'The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner'? “gotten” ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 2 minutes ago, The Voice of Reason said: “gotten” ? Funnily enough I did question that in my mind and was going to rephrase but ultimately couldn't be arsed and/or got distracted by something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Voice of Reason Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 1 minute ago, The Phantom said: Funnily enough I did question that in my mind and was going to rephrase but ultimately couldn't be arsed and/or got distracted by something else. Doesn’t really matter. Bit petty of me to bring it up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 8 hours ago, P.K. said: I remembered it from the Panama Papers .... ....just like it was Monday. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 From 1800 miles away possibly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anyone Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 19 hours ago, Derek Flint said: It is unashamedly corrupt. But the investment is massive. Eu money provides great infrastructure and within that bubble it does pretty much what it likes. I think what I'm.trying to say is that it has balls. For an island there's a lot to learn about punching well above one's weight. It doesn't seem to suffer from Manx inertia Interesting , a copper says corruption is fine as long as it gets you where you want to be. Slippery slope maybe? I know Malta very well. Unashamedly corrupt is a bit over the top for you based on one visit. Malta may not be perfect but unashamedly corrupt is not quite right. It’s not , perhaps you should target your efforts to corrupt police forces. I know one bad apple , but it seems to a pretty big barrel. No doubt you’ll dissemble and paint you lot as paragons of virtue and our saviours. I think I read 400 coppers in Scotland alone had quit to avoid being brought to account. But like you say just the odd bad apple. Also Malta is a sovereign nation and a full EU member. The IOM does not , and never will have , that advantage. So you are wrong. IOM can’t be Malta. Anyway I thought you’d buggered of to darkest England , perhaps you should stay there😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offshoremanxman Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 5 hours ago, Anyone said: Interesting , a copper says corruption is fine as long as it gets you where you want to be. Slippery slope maybe? I know Malta very well. Unashamedly corrupt is a bit over the top for you based on one visit. Malta may not be perfect but unashamedly corrupt is not quite right. It’s not ,😂 I disagree it is unashamedly corrupt across the board. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGarrison Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 I see us probably going down like BHS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 1 hour ago, MrGarrison said: I see us probably going down like BHS What’s Ballakermeen High School got to do with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 On 2/15/2023 at 7:45 PM, The Voice of Reason said: “gotten” ? I always think it's a pity that we abandoned "gotten" whereas our American cousins sensibly retained it. It's a perfectly good old English past participle of "get". "Got" has its own job to do, and it grinds like crashing a gear box when pressed into use as past participle. I'm not quite sure why "gotten" is so offensive. The similarly constructed "I forgot" and "I have forgotten" seem to raise no eyebrows. You wouldn't say "I have forgot". (Or at least you shouldn't!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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