Comments on: The Yes vote has come to the fore

By: Robert Galea

Robert Galea — Mon, 30 May 2011 19:30:52 +0000

This is not fear this is researched information.

By: Robert Galea

Robert Galea — Mon, 30 May 2011 17:48:50 +0000

The Indipendent talked about victory of commonsense. Laughable Ridiculuos. Mela mara imsawta trid id-divorzju biex ir-ragel li sawwatha jmur jerga jsawwat. Mela jien bahnan. Dik intiha l-annullament so that he would not beat the second wife. Viva il- commonsense u ir-raguni. Halluna ha nghixu zeros.

[Daphne – People who have had their marriages declared null are free to marry, Robert. And a man doesn’t need to put a ring on a woman’s finger before he ill-treats her.]

By: me

me — Mon, 30 May 2011 06:19:18 +0000

In reply to mario farrugia.

…….without fundamentalists.

By: kev

kev — Sun, 29 May 2011 22:16:11 +0000

In reply to kev. You can square it as much as you like, Daphne. Tunnel vision is not easy to be rid of, especially when your predictions are so damned sure as certain as hell...until they're found to need tweaking and explanatories. Qisek Angelik on a good day. [Daphne - My goodness, you sound upset that the Yes vote got through. On the contrary, Kevin, I was 100% right when I said that the PN should go with divorce because the mood in the country, and more so among its key socio-economic group AB supporters, had changed irrevocably. On the other hand, it's a little bit difficult for you to pick up the Zeitgeist from a najs haws in Belgian suburbia.]

By: Zorro

Zorro — Sun, 29 May 2011 21:34:40 +0000

Shame that Martin Scicluna, who worked so hard and for so long at building a case for divorce, and presented so many logical and dispassionate arguments towards a ‘yes’ vote has today not featured in any of the media. Or have I missed it?

By: edgar rossignaud

edgar rossignaud — Sun, 29 May 2011 19:50:35 +0000

Daphne, I am sure that I am not the only one to see a pattern in the votes as they were announced by district. The result is generally a Yes vote, but it is clear that in the Labour districts (II, III, IV ) the percentage Yes is very high, while as you move West and North to the PN districts, the No vote increases (though still with a small Yes margin) until you get to Gozo, where the No vote dominates. I am not a political analyst by no means, but many such persons are going to have a field day, trying to translate this into an election mood survey.

[Daphne – They would do so at their peril.]

By: Fenech M

Fenech M — Sun, 29 May 2011 11:55:30 +0000

IVA won…. again!

By: mario farrugia

mario farrugia — Sun, 29 May 2011 11:18:24 +0000

In reply to me. ... and you remain with what?

By: Eric Cefai

Eric Cefai — Sun, 29 May 2011 11:16:54 +0000

Arthur and Andre, if you could turn the clock back.

By: el bandido guapo

el bandido guapo — Sun, 29 May 2011 11:12:42 +0000

I really did not expect this, I expected the “Yes” vote (mine included) to be symbolic but far lesser magnitude than the No vote.

Divorce legislation is a very hard sell. I have friends who are far from being fools or strongly religious who simply could not grasp the concept.

In my mind there is no doubt that Labour’s exhortation for a Yes vote tipped the balance, and without that, 40:60 would have been very good going.

Without any respect at all, most Labour followers will like sheep follow their leader’s cue without question.

Unfortunately for the PN (well – depending on how you look at it) the PN’s supporters come from the thinking class and many are hence far from diehard followers of the party’s dogma.

Whatever!