That jacket Karmenu Vella is wearing looks like one of the gifts the Libyan government used to donate to the Mintoff regime in the Golden Years. Mintoff himself was recently photographed wearing something similar when he paid a visit to the Dear Leader at the Centru Nazzjonali.

[Daphne – Maybe he’ll ring his ex-driver’s daughter and see what she thinks.]

@Gerald Fenech,

Please explain how reverse osmosis is ‘outdated technology’. To the best of my knowledge there does not yet exist a better alternative that has actually been successfully put into use.

We could of course try our luck with one of the newer leading edge experimental technologies and maybe say a prayer or two to make it work, but then look at what flak Enemalta received going for a power station of which just a small part can be considered new and untested technology.

[Daphne – That’s exactly what I said, Gerald: that lambast is the correct spelling, unlike the LAMBASTE which Malta Today seems to prefer.]

[Daphne – I won’t say anything because it’s so nice to see somebody spell lambast without an end tacked on to the end, like Malta Today prefers to have it. Lambaste: you know, like it’s a new way of pouring the juices over your roast, using a lam.]