You Introduced Slavery
You were involved in countless massacres of Locals all over the world.
Your Soldiers Abuse Kick And Murdered Iraqi civilians.
You cannot put up a Christmas Tree if your Muslim Neighbour Complains.
Your Parlamentary Representatives Sleep with each others Wives and Secretaries
Your Police Kill Innocent Civilians and Your Police Commisioner lies about it and Still Keeps his Job.
You complain about everything.
You allow Abortions ( Murder of Human Beings)
You have the worst record for Drug users in Europe.
Your FARMERS use Poison to kill Birds.
Your Teenagers are all Preagnant

Your football Supporters still sing Rule Britania :) That's a good one

Please, Leave us alone. We will deal with our own problems. We do not need your help

Max, Bormal, MALTA

Kicking Malta out of the EU won't help birds at all, dear SImon. On the contrary, if that were to happen BirdLife International and BirdLife Malta will have lost its best legal tool - the Birds Directive - to put an end to the massacre; and all the blood-thirsty neanderthals who call themselves hunters will worship you forever for suggesting the idea!

But I guess that becoming the hunters' hero is not what you want. You'd rather birds travelled safely across our Islands. And believe me so do most Maltese. Of course it's frustrating, tell me about it!

But at last, and thanks to EU membership, we are fighting a winning battle.

Victor Falzon, H'Attard, Malta

Yes, it does matter to the Maltese and not just to some of us: The conduct of our government on this issue is disgusting also to many who support it. Unfortunately the government's behaviour is condidtioned by the pro-hunting stance taken by the opposition Labour Party and voters have little to choose between them on this issue. The signifcant anti-hunting majority is ignored by the major politcal parties who run scared of a vociferous hunting minority percieved to be more likley to vote on that single issue than the majority who are not birdbrained.
Pressure in the international press is welcomed by most Maltese. We would also welcome some sympathy for the aberrations of our politcal system so similar to yours which has not produced a government supported by a majority of the vote in living memory. In our case the birds pay the price. Thankfully our government cannot possibly particpate in ilegal military adventures. Nobody in Malta blames all Britons for the actions of Mr Blair.

Harry Vassallo, Sliema, Malta

It is pertinent to point out that the vast majority of Maltese want to put a stop to hunting in spring..... but with a two party 'winner-takes-all' system left to us by the British (thanks a lot for that!) the major parties are constantly being blackmailed by a handful of voters.obviously both Labour and 'christian' Democrats are spineless!!

When will people learn to appreciate nature without the need to 'possess' it!?

Ralph, Attard, Malta

Freeze all EU funds to Malta until Malta complies with the Birds Directive. Hence the saying, ‘one cannot have the cake and eat it’. Kicking Malta out of the EU won't help anyone.

david camilleri, Qala, Ghawdex, Malta

Kicking Malta out of the EU would be the ideal situation for the hunters! What is needed is the EU to take the Government in front of the EU Court and fine them for defying the EU Birds Directive. Only then will the case and matter be settled. The government would be hard pressed to pay the fine and would have to give in. Only then will Europe's birds be spared the slaughter which goes on every year.

Ray Vella, Mellieha, Malta

So, David Muscat blames the politicians as it they, so it seems, who wish to gain/remain in power.
"What shall it profiteth a man if he gaineth the whole world and loseth his soul?"

Dr. G. Williams, Marple, Cheshire, England

Its not the Maltese politicians to blame for this madness but us who elect them in the parliament! We need the Greens represented in the parliament, otherwise things remain in this stagnant state.

Angelo, Gharb, Gozo, Malta

It would have been fair to note that in a poll by the leading maltese newspaper, the majority of the maltese said they're against spring hunting. Given Malta's small population and even smaller size, the small percentage of hunters sure do make a lot of noise. I'm sure that for every unnoticed hunting crime in Malta, there would be 100 in other european countries - where there are vast forests in which to hide. I think its unfair to 'throw everyone in the same bag'. One big reason why many maltese voted to join the EU was exactly this - given the politicians' inabilty to control hunting (and lose votes), we wanted external enforcment. And this is, thankfully, what's happening. So do criticize the government's decision, but please do not generalise and label all 'the maltese', and dismiss hard work by maltese wildlife activists. Re: Mr Murphy: Was the UK embargoed prior to banning fox hunting? A quick search on the internet shows that the UK is not free from animal cruelty, at all...

Simon Scerri, Malta, Malta

The main reason why I voted for entry into the EU was to stop hunting. The EU is slowly doing so. If there was a massive crime rate in your city would you remove the police or increase its presence. Throwing Malta out of the EU is the equivalent of removing the police. The majority of Maltese are against hunting. The problem is that the hunters usually blackmail our politicians with their vote and as the two parties are very close (51%-49%) even a small shift in voting will result in an electoral defeat for one of the parties. It's the politicians who are to blame for not standing up to the hunters.

Muscat David, Malta,

AD - The Malta Green Party have been addressing this issue well before we joined the EU - more than 18 years ago! They always had a clear stand. They also made it clear that if spring hunting is going to continue to take place the EU Brid Directive will be breached. They wrote about it in and stated this. They were rediculed by the Government (PN) and Opposition (MLP) - no coalisions here! And Birdlife Malta remained silent for many years. Of course I presume Birdlife get money from the state and hence Birdlife Malta find it hard to critise the Government. I'm no more a member of Birdlife Malta, especially since Mr. Temuge (executive director of BirdLife Malta) wrote in the Times of Malta (16th March 2007) and pleased the two main political parties by referring to the Greens as "deafening silence". I will now vote to the Geens. The Greens addressed this issue in the EU Parliament. They were ready to loose votes. They did. But now they have mine!

Sam Grech, Victoria, Gozo - MALTA

They should be embargoed. NO trade, no landings on malta form EU airports, no landing in europe for Maltese boats and planes. Ostracise them. However, most Europeans, notably the frogs and spains, regard the torture and slaughter of animals as an entertainment. Equally, they would not do anything about the mass murder of people in Bosnai, Rwanda, darfur and elsewhere, so not much chance they willl make much effort to save wildlife, so it's unlikely anything much will be done.

Neil Murphy, cromer,