In 2003, to be honest, I was very confused because on the one hand, although we were never poor, we always struggled financially. However, on the other hand, I always had an open mind and wanted to know both sides of the story.

I was in favour of Malta joining the EU because I could understand that on many aspects although not perfect, this was good for our future. Unfortunately, admittedly, I ended up voting for Labour, because I was worried about my family’s future as they are not very highly educated and from what I gathered, without being disrespectful, in my opinion, the people that would be worse off are those that do not want to study, learn and take challenges in their life.

In 2008, like many others, even Nationalist voters, I wanted to see a change in government as it was a bit unbearable to have the same guys running the country for all these years. However, without going into the merits of the election and how it was won or lost, following that election I started to accept the fact that unfortunately for the country, we do not have a decent Opposition.

We can criticize the current government on many areas and on many mistakes, however, the Opposition are still very lacking in their political and economic vision and many of them are still with the mindset of helping the poor by destroying the wealthy.

And yes, I have no problems saying it, especially for the 2003 election, I made a mistake in voting Labour and I regret it. Nowadays, I am fed up of waiting and hoping for the Labour Party to change so that maybe one day we change our government.

Since the first time I voted in 1998, under the PN governments, instead of blaming the world for not being able to improve my standard of living, I took a self critical approach and started studying, changed some of my attitudes and never looked back and due to the good prospects in the financial services industry, I have managed to build a good career and good standard of living for me and my family.

And most probably, next time round, for the first time, although the PN is not perfect and there are quite a few personalities that I really do not like, I will vote for the PN honestly, maybe I make up for the mistake that I made in 2003.

I’m fed up of giving chances to the Labour Party because in the past they ‘helped the poor and the working class’. (although that help was in a way a set back).

Even his Maltese is not that brilliant – in which language did he write his thesis?

M’ ghandekx biex tiskanta – jekk taf is-sistema taf kif seta lahaq avukat u taf ukoll kif l-ohrajn ta ONE TV se jilhqu “Doktors”.

U x’ghandu x’jaqsam, pippo?

Mela biex tkun “pulit” trid bil-fors ikollok Ingliz (miktub u mitkellem) minghajr zbalji?

Int qed thallat min hu mghallem (“educated”) ma’ min mhux. Ma tistax tehodha kontra bniedem ghax mhux mghallem – ghax forsi l-intellett tieghu ma jasalx biex jifhem l-importanza tat-taghlim. Ghandek titkaza b’min ihaddem nies semi-illitterati f’karigi fid-deher u ta’ certu responsabbilta.

The Hugo Chavez syndrome: anything will do as long as it’s a peasant.

Correction: Plackards

The Labour Party seems to specialise in lawyers who can’t speak either language and are unable to string simple sentences together.

They think the language they speak is Maltese, when it’s just the equivalent of the English spoken on Eastenders.

If anyone here wants an indepth view of the legal and social history of education in Malta, one can consult this abstract and then, presumably, contact the author for a digital copy of the full work.

http://thesisabstracts.com/ThesisAbstract_20_The-Right-to-a-Proper-and-Effective-Educational-Experience.html

Prosit Lucian, kelli impressjoni ohra tieghek imma malajr biddilta meta rajt li lanqas taf tikteb bl-Ingliz.

Dik il-kitba ghalija hi tal-hammalli u mhux tieghek li tippretendi li int xi pulit.