Mark Camilleri, beholder of ‘a brown Marxist ass’, is Labour’s abrasive conscience
Mark Camilleri has a lot of sharp corners, but his social contribution far outstrips the inelegance of an online tiff with a criminal defence lawyer
17 December 2020, 9:08am
by Matthew Vella
It beggars belief as to how a foul-mouthed social media exchange could warrant instant resignation from the public service, when for years the Labour government resisted sacking the men caught operating a secret offshore network of private companies.
Mark Camilleri – self-confessed beholder of a “brown Marxist ass” – was installed by the Labour government of 2013 in the position of executive chair of the National Book Council after leading a successful anti-censorship campaign in the preceding years.