To be fair the loony does provide some comic relief, for example when he raves over his sacred Melita of honey or whatever, however his racist rants are not funny, more like the product of a very sick mind, and of course a huge, well known chip on his shoulder!

I also like to keep things slightly informal when talking about loonies like Mr Lowell and talk in a conversational fashion. And excuse me, Mr Zebbugi, but I don’t remember becoming the official guardian of English in Malta.

The last time I checked, my surname does not dictate what language I should or should not be using – thank you very much. I find that comment of yours classist and totally irrelevant.

What were you trying to prove by posting that beneath an article about Norman Lowell?

Daphne, but would it not be better if we send him to Brussels, rather than keeping him here?

This is my expression,my freedom of expression.I know of the common expression, you are not fit to do that either.

Since when?

For me this Lowell is a classical March hare 12/12.

[Daphne – It doesn’t. But you have to be of sound mind to stand for election. It’s in the Constitution. I imagine this system operates by default: if somebody comes forward to claim correctly that you have been certified as being of unsound mind, then you’re banned. Sort of like that bit in the marriage rite which tells you to speak now or forever hold your peace if you know of any reason why the marriage should not take place. Nobody will ever stand up in the congregation and explain that the groom is having an affair or that the bride is a lesbian. Similarly, no one is going to petition the Electoral Commission on the grounds that Norman Lowell is cuckoo.]

Lick, Mario, lick: the expression is ‘not fit to LICK his boots’. But there are enough people doing that already, so he doesn’t need any more. There are some good mouthwashes on the market for when you’re done. If you lick – excuse me, like – I’ll recommend one or two.

At least he uses his own name, and doesn’t masquerade as something more usually found at the end of a toothpick, surmounted by a cube of cheddar cheese.

Asthmatics and diabetics don’t stroll down to the forum to tell us of their vision for a better Malta: hanging enemies of the state and rocketing black babies into outer space.

And if diabetics and asthmatics were to do that, they would get all the criticism they deserve, especially if they stand for election and demand that we vote for them to ‘send them to Brussels’.

If Norman Lowell is sane enough to be accepted by the Electoral Commission as an electoral candidate, then he is sane enough to be criticised and discussed.

With such a surname, you should be ashamed of your English.

He wears boots? And I always thought the prophets wore sandals.