And so say all of us.

There could not have been any restrictions simply because freedom of expression was non-existent.

Dalwaqt nibdew nisimghu kemm hadmu minn wara l-kwinti (aqra ‘minn wara dahar Alfred Sant’) favur id-dhul ta’ Malta fl-Unjoni Ewropeja.

U kemm hadmu favur il-kunsilli lokali u l-istazzjonijiet tar-radju privati minn wara dahar Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, u kemm iggieldu ma’ Mintoff ghax ma’ razzanx il-vjolenza.

Naqra ohra u jghidulna li imn’Alla kien Silvio Parnis ghax li kieku is-swar ma’ gewx restawrati.

Jghaddi ftit zmien iehor u jghidulna li fuq il-progett ta’ Sant’Antnin opponew spalla ma spalla ma Joseph kontra r-rieha. U lil tal-Marsa jghidulhom li Mintoff kien li ghamlilhom il-faham mhux il-PL u li huma minn dejjem kienu kontra t-trab iswed.

Jghidulna li il-glieda ta’ l-iskejjel kienet ghax rieduhom b’xejn kif inhuma llum.

Imn’Alla jezistu l-videos u l-gazzetti on-line bhal-Malta Today arkivati.

Mintoff didn’t want to keep the same employees.

When asked what would become of them, his reply was “X’nitnejjek. Jidhlu fil-pijunieri.” Translation: What the f*ck do I care. They can join the pijunieri (a utilitarian project to provide ’employment’ without any real jobs, and which therefore had no utilitarian value at all).

Yes, that was reported in the Malta Today article. The translation is much milder.

That’s not the point. No matter what happened in the past, people would want to know about the present and the future.

Sounds like PL will remove freedom of speech and expression as soon as they are in government. I expected them to say something about it and make it clear.

In fact Mintoff’s actual words were: Jien nitnejjek mil-Kostituzzjoni.

But then again, issn’t the violent faction of the Far Right made up of Labour supporters?