[errrm, Daphne, did the Bishop embargo my comments?
I know they hurt, but the PN needs to be brought back to its senses.]

[Daphne – What comments?]

As I said it was just a thought, not my opinion. I totally agree that it is not a constituency issue. The point is that others may have the same thought and agree with it.

Bil-mod, rahal – Labour flew in the face of an absolute majority at the polls for five and a half years, or have you forgotten?

Push came to shove in December 1981 and Labour – already a disaster but a legitimate one – simply went from atrociously bad to, incredibly, worse.

Edgar, I agree with you 100% but we are in the 9th district now.

Yes please.

On Sunday in Malta Muscat said this was a vote for the Europeanisation of Malta. (I thought that was on the 8 March 2003, but then Muscat told us Partnership won.

On Monday on BBC World Service, he said it was NOT about the Europeanisation of Malta (obviously expecting a question about abortion if he said it was). Shows in what contempt Muscat holds his Maltese televiewers.

Just asking …..

[Daphne – Was there a national referendum on whether to have Renzo Piano design a new gateway to the city and a parliament building? I hadn’t noticed. Please post the relevant links. What you SHOULD be talking about is the irony of having a Renzo Piano 21st-century parliament building to house 19th-century Sicilian mountain village MPs on both sides of the house. Joseph Muscat couldn’t even express himself on the BBC the other day: he couldn’t formulate answers to the questions either in thought or language, and his diction was beyond terrible. Thank heavens he was introduced as ‘campaigning Maltese politician’ and not as ‘the leader of the Opposition’ because that would have really killed me. It was enough listening to the commentators subtle mockery about Muscat’s declaration that Malta is now a ‘new country.’ Is the Maltese parliament the only one in Europe in which whole social groups are NOT represented?]

The problem with your argument is that most MPs know their voters a bit better than we do. Take Edwin Vassallo. In his district, 10,400 people voted No. Let’s say 8,000 of those were Nationalists. He’s positioning himself for their vote come election time.

They certainly cannot be represented by Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando who happens to contest the same district.

The argument with these MPs should be one of principle: MPs must certainly not hinder the implementation of the electorate’s decision on divorce. Furthermore, they need to consider voting Yes in Parliament.

They would never go against their party’s manifesto in Parliament even if their ‘conscience’ dictated otherwise. In this case, they won’t go against the will of the majority. That’s what they need to say before voting against their ‘conscience’.