These were the years when the peasants ruled the country and we had to submit to daily persecution in a police-state which used to torture people at their HQ. A regime which was ousted after years of bloodshed and six years in government against the will of the people.

But having said all that, the two years under Alfred Sant’s Labour were nothing like that. Labour has evolved into a moderate party but is still investing in old school politicians like Karmenu Vella and Alex Sceberras Trigona.

[Daphne – I cannot understand how you can describe Sant’s government as moderate or say that it was ‘nothing like that’. It was exactly like that, minus the violence and corruption, but just as chaotic and crazy. And every day for those 22 months, just as we did in the 1980s, we would wake up wondering what fresh craziness the day would bring. Have you forgotten the first SIX MONTHS of his government, dedicated solely to finding a replacement for VAT while the economy ground to a halt? Or that blockheaded fight against EU membership – that all or nothing battle? How is that moderate?]

MIntoff ma kienx jissikkah ic-cintorin, imma ahna iva.. Hu igawdi min fuq dhar haddiehor kien daqs kemm kien qammiel.

Interesting idea

Dawn qalomli wiehed imma ma’ emmintux.

Dak ta’ hdejn il-Guy kellu bieb fuq wara ta’ l-Olives minn fejn kien idahhal u johrog lil xi tfajla. Lis-suldat ghassa kien jibaghtu jehodlu l-mara il-boghod minn Xintill Street minn quddiem il-villa, u jordna biex l-ghassa issir minn quddiem biss. X’cuc hu Berlusconi.

Gidba ohra:

Kien imur ghandu wiehed jismu Gwido, wiehed kuntrattur u MP John Dalli, u Censu Moran u xi ohrajn li insejt min huma u joqghodu jaghmlu Bunga Bunga ma’ dawn it-tfajliet iz-zghar . Wahda minnhom tghidx kemm hi popolari illum.

U ohra:

Biex jghatti xturu sew kien jibaghata iddur ma’ prezentatur ta’ Xandir Malta biex jekk tinqabad tqila in-nies issib f’min twahhal.

U hrafa ohra kienet li sawwtu huh b’hadida ghax marlu mal-mara, u kienu qalu li waqa’ minn fuq iz-ziemel.

Liema hi l-verita?

Good one!

Karmenu Vella is no longer middle-aged now, Etil. He’s a pensioner.

Two, or possibly three, were on offer.

Since this was practically impossible, Japanese imports were prohibited. And another spark with an environmental conscience decided to prohibit the importation of cars with an engine of over 2000cc and motor bikes with an engine bigger than 250cc.

Consequently, a 2000cc car or a 250cc motor bike were looked upon with awe. But, if my memory does not deceive me, for some big shots back then, these rules did not apply.

How many MPs did he expect to have from Malta?

Do these people have a vote?