Mr Farrugia I share your views. The PN is still in time to save Malta from this hair-raising crop of PL delegates; but they need to grab the bull by the horns and make ruthless changes.

Perhaps Gonzi will have to exit along with Austin Gatt, Tonio Borg, Tonio Fenech and a few other ‘bright sparks’ who have achieved the unachievabe in turning loyal supporters against them.

Ivvota lejber u tiehu gopp b’xejn bhala kliner.

Michael’s son (Ivan I think) was a candidate in the last elections.

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I believe his brother Michael Buttigieg was given a cushy job with Air Malta where I think he is still employed.

I remember quite clearly (there must even be a photo in some newspaper of the time) the long queues waiting by the door of the then minister Wistin Abela for a job, television, telephone, a bank loan, insomma tbazwir l’hawn jew l’hemm.

There were some who got loans for their engagement, wedding and even for their children’s baptism and first holy communion.

The phone call would be made from his desk to Dr. J. Buttigieg, Bank of Valletta chairman, who then had to resign because of the great amount of unsecured loans which were never redeemed.

Many a time the queue would be long enough to go round the corner (some sixty metres) into the next street, which is called Triq Santu Wistin, as it happens.

We used to joke that the street should be renamed Triq Sant u Wistin.

‘HALLINA RIYA 20 SENA TA GVERN TAHT ID DITATTUR GONZI U LAFFARIJIET MARRU GHAL GHAR’.

Ray, Anke biex igib it-telephone kont trid tkellem lill-ministru u thallas il-flus. 20 sena taht Gonzi id-dittatur? Ghandek zball ghax Gonzi ftit ilu hemm. Qabel kellna lill- kbir Eddie li qaleb lill-Malta ta’ taht fuq ghax konna qisna pajjiz bhal l-Iraq.

It is a pity Mintoff went to the wrong hospital.

“X’nitnejjek. Jidhlu fil-pijunieri.”

“Se jidhlu fih dawk ta’ bejn it-18 u l-25 sena. Ghal erbatax il-xahar biss, biex wara jsibu fl-industrija u jidhlu ohrajn flokhom. Din il-forza se jkun jisimha ‘id-Dejma’, ghax irridu nfakru fl-antik…”

Kos, kif ghal grazzja t’Alla inbidel iz-zmien!

Illum dawk ta bejn it-18 u l-25 sena mhux qed ihaffru l-gandotti xemx u xita imma qed jistudjaw gewwa l-MCAST jew l-universita u mhux hekk biss izda jithallsu biex jedukaw ruhhom ahjar u jikkumpetu ma l-ahjar imhuh fid-dinja tax-xoghol professjonali.

U l-ahjar vizjoni li Mintoff u shabu kellhom kienet li jibaghtu z-zaghzagh ihaffru l-hofor b’paga minima u wara erbatax il-xahar fid-Dejma jintbaghtu l-barra biex ifendu ghal rashom, meta ma kienx hawn loqma xoghol!

U jahasra, Karmenu Vella (the golden boy from the golden years) se jikteb il-programm elettorali tal-Lejber biex igib l-Malta l-quddiem!

Vera partit mibni bic-cwiec, nies skaduti, bla principji u bla valuri.