Perhaps what he meant by ‘qrara bir-reverse’ is swearing.

Your nick suits you down to a tee, Azzop. Il-vera kaz.

Did none of you get his oh-so-clever “reverse” pun? It’s because the confession was written in Arabic – of course!

And that Venice was named after Little Venice … or maybe that Queen Victoria was named after the capital city of Gozo..

The point is that he hasn’t denied rendering services even now.

Could he have refused the job back then? A more appropriate question is: why didn’t he avoid being asked?

In the original article on l-orizzont, Smokin’ Joe describes how the taxi driver gave him a lesson about political freedom and democracy.

“Jien ma niftakarx bl-eżatt x’qal imma li ried ifisser kien li dawn huma l-aktar affarijiet bażiċi, fundamentali, f’demokrazija vera. Speċi, “hawn ġbin… inti minn liema dittatura ġej biex qed tistaqsi mistoqsijiet sempliċi din il-kwalità”.”

Did the taxi driver have a hunch about the Pixtu’s connections, or is this another professional secrecy slip-up?

In all probability Joe Sammut had no choice. He was treasurer of the MLP which, it seemed at the time, was financed by Gaddafi.

…. and Rome is the name of a town in Atlanta.

Wonka, dik kif qal Antoine: quddiesa b’seba ministri.