It is not those people who are on your side that you need to convince but rather those who are on the opposition. The Nationalist Party knows this very well and in fact tries its best to communicate through the “independent” media. In-Nazzjon and Net are followed by the party faithful mainly so there they work on reinforcing the grassroots, but when they want to win votes they go through the non-partisan media.

Labour’s attitude is that if you are not with us you are against us. To make matters worse they hate a dissenting voice. And to make matters even worse they take things personally and attack the messenger rather than the message. It seems that the PL believes that whatever they say cannot be challenged.

Some examples of poor communications management: the JPO affair before the election. I have no sympathy for Pullicino Orland, but I think that Alfred Sant made a huge mistake which cost him a good number of votes. The Repeater Class proposal – the half-baked proposal put the Labour Party on the defensive and they struggled throughout the election campaign trying to recover. The attacks on key journalists such as yourself, Lou Bondi, Peppi Azzopardi and several others including reputable media houses such as PBS and the Times.

I’m getting flashbacks of the many, many times I have seen Labour stamping its feet on national television saying that this and that is not fair. I remember Alfred Sant directly attacking Peppi Azzopardi on his show. It shows that Labour believe that all media should be like Super One.

The EUR40,000 given to Marisa Micallef would have been better spent on a good media strategy by those who know the ropes.

He “peaked” before his time, and now it’s all downhill.

Dear Daphne,would you be more specific?

Interesting. And it raises a lot of questions. Was it their version of Ghaddafi’s invitation to Israel to join the Arab League?

ROFLMAOWTIME

1992! Bugger me sideways! With KMB as party leader?

[Daphne – Mela. You can imagine how I jumped at the chance to join team – sorry, TIM – Karmenu. Bhal tal-Malta Today din: let’s offer her a job, and if she turns us down, we’ll start attacking her.]

As for running on any political ticket, it’s a no-brainer. You just don’t. You are a national treasure and our country needs people like you who kick ass when necessary, whether it’s red or blue.

[Daphne – Yes. Possible Maltastar headline in a couple of hours: LABOUR DOES NOT DENY THAT BLOWSY BIDNIJA BLOGGER WHERE OFFERED ELIGIBLE LABOUR TICKET CEASE.]

Dangerfield does have the hots – but for the lady in blur. Jealousy plain and simple.