It is also an eyeopener of what needs to be done. It is clear that in this campaign the prime minister was strategically out-manouvred by the leader of the Labour Party. Gonzi now knows that he must read the signs of the times and make radical changes within his inner circle of conservative ministers, redmodelling party policy back into a representative force which accomodates the different ideological streams that define the PN – or he wiill suffer a resounding defeat in the next election.

In this divorce campaign Michael Falzon has shown that he is still a wily old political campaigner who should not have been sidelined. As for Pullicino Orlando, he has the survival instinct of a natural politician who always seems to land solidly on his feet in TELEMARK style.

Whilst not the most straightforward of characters he is a colourful one and Gonzi might consider riding the tiger by offering him a ministerial post in order to put some oomph in reviving the party’s fortunes.

U ghandu ragun imma kemm ghandu memorja qasira. Nesa Joseph fir-referendum tal-EU meta il-maggoranza kienet ferm u ferm ikbar li qalet IVA, ma siehbu Alfred Sant mar jghid li il-LE rebhu u hargu in-nies fit-toroq jiccelebraw ir-rebha? Ghaddew is-snin qabel iddecieda li fuq kollox l-IVA kienu rebhu.

Imma l-appologija il dawk li dahaq bihom fejn hi?

Seems you never took the trouble to read through Bill 206 – the one which speaks of “the possibility of MEDITATION” during divorce proceedings in article 73 (1) b instead of ‘mediation’.

Textually, it goes something like this: “Jiddiskuti mal-konvenut il-possibilità ta’ meditazzjoni sabiex id-divorzju jinġieb fuq qbil tal-attur u l-parti miżżewġa l-oħra, u jagħti lill-attur l-ismijiet u l-indirizzi tal-persuni kwalifikati biex joffru l-għajnuna ta’ meditazzjoni għall-miżżewġin li huma mifrudin.”

I guess yoga instructors will be over the moon if the bill is brought into force as is.

And the obvious mistakes don’t end there, mind you.

But alas, I guess that’s the result you get when trusting dentists and wannabe lecturers with writing laws…

Even a dog has more brain cells then Muscat has – does he not realise that whatever he does to his hair will not change what’s beneath it?

“a root awaking”

Is this some sort of reference to Jaffrey’s (part-time) profession?

The individual solution aganst divorce is a functional and loving marriage relationship. Best wishes to every couple. Unfortunately, there are many who don’t succeed. There are no guarantees unless couples love each other.

Marriage with the possibility of divorce now means that marriage no longer means now you’re mine, so I can do whatever I want. The possibility of divorce is another reality check for couples doing their Cana courses, and for marriages in progress (or regress).

[Daphne – I take it you haven’t bothered to read anything else here.]

Instead, we get them ‘hairbrained’.