In other words, he apologised on our behalf because we misunderstood his comments. Shame on us all.

[Daphne – The only person Dalli needs protection from is himself. He is his worst enemy.]

Dak se jispicca johrog kandidat ma’ tal-Labour, issa tara. Imbaghad ikunu qedin sew il-Partit ta’ Joseph: qabda antikalji minn zmien Mintoff u dak li kienu jghidulu Hu Bastjan.

John Dalli lacks self control and his obsession with undermining the prime minister had led to the inevitable. He has undermined himself. In going too far on the national stage, he has invariably found the support of the Labour Party, John Bundy and people like Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando and Jesmond Mugliett. But he doesn’t seem to understand that going too far in the international context will leave him hung out to dry. I don’t think he even understands that he is in the international scene now and not on some One TV stage trying to contradict the prime minister who said that Gaddafi’s time is up.

His was not a statement of apology, but of self-defence and justification.

We have seen it in his confrontation with Gonzi, his ‘4-year sentence’ moan and others. This latest gaffe could, however, be driven by seeing his personal business in Libya melting away.

On the other hand it is very positive that the alternative government in Benghazi is taking shape, and organizing themselves for the final onslaught on Gaddafi’s tribe. Unconfirmed news this evening says that Gaddafi said he is prepared to resign on the condition that he, his family and their accumulated wealth, remain untouched. Such offer, if true, has apparantly been rejected.

Why do none of those papers pick that up? Or is it me misunderstanding the situation?