I do believe that the PN was instrumental in bringing about democracy – and maybe that is why I voted PN all my life. BUT that does not make them or anybody in politics infallible.

I am sorry if you may have misunderstood my ‘have a nice day’ as hostile. Believe me I sincerely meant to wish you a good day. I am a very tolerant person and open to other people’s views. I hate attacking the politician but I believe in attacking his politics. Hopefully that would bring less hatred in this small island.

Well so i won’t end my comment in the usual way. Will take your advice. Thanks Daphne.

You seem to make two assumptions which in my opinion are incorrect.

The first is that I limit myself to people who live in Cospicua. I can assure you that is not the case.

The second assumption is that you are giving a general idea that the residents of Cospicua fit under the description above. I assure you that YES, there are people who fit into that description but let’s not generalise.

There are many households who would be considered as normal middle class who do not smoke two packs of fags a day and don’t gamble and yet struggle to make ends meet.

[Daphne – I and most of my friends with young families struggled to make ends meet, Adrian, and we didn’t blame the government or anyone else. We just accepted it as part of life when you’re raising a family and running a home or setting up a household.]

You also seem to be forgetting the old age pensioners who find it difficult to cope especially when they discover that the medicines which they are entitled to get from the health centres are out of stock – a very comman occurrence.

[Daphne- That is certainly a problem, yes.]

Daphne I see that we have very different views of what is really happening in our country. BUT I respect your views and hopefully you will respect mine. We live in a democracy and I am sure the people will ultimately decide what’s good for the country.

Have a nice day.

[Daphne – No, Adrian, we see the exact same things. It is our analysis of the situation which is different. I am glad you respect my views and that you understand we now live in a democracy at last, because Labour politicians who respect opposing views are a new phenomenon, which is why they have to tell us about it. ‘Have a nice day’ is in the league of ‘my dear’ and comes across as hostile rather than friendly. Also, it is the sort of thing people like Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando would say, so I would avoid it if I were you.]

If my credibility is questioned simply because of a photo taken with my brother than I think than those persons who are raising the questions should have their credibility questioned… I disagree with you as regards those Godawful 70s and 80s in the sense that although I do believe that the labour party had many ‘rough’ individuals, let us not think for a while that the Nationalists were all saints in disguise. Let’s be realistic here.

[Daphne – Adrian, when a man comes out of the closet, it is absolutely unnecessary to leave his brain behind.]

I firmly believe that one can never compare ANY party to the same party 30 or 40 years before. I have my beliefs Daphne, but they go beyond belonging to or supporting any party. Working in Cospicua for so many years has made me realise that this government (which I myself voted for) is simply making life hell for the lower and middle class (financially).I don’t want to be personal Daphne, but unless you getdown from that pedestal and see what the man on the street is really feeling than it’s useless trying to understand me.

Wish you a good day.

[Daphne – I think I know rather more than you do about the subject, Adrian, because I don’t restrict myself to Cospicua where people have always voted Labour and will always do so come what may. Also, being a woman who talks to other women in a way that no male politician (or pharmacist) can ever gain confidence and access, I can tell you for fact that poverty does not cause social problems within households but is caused by them. When you talk to as many people as I do you might discover that the woman who puts up a false front by blaming the government for the cost of living is struggling with a profligate husband, gambling issues and a two-pack-a-day cigarette habit that eats into the daily food budget. There is no reason on earth why two adults in employment, even if one of them earns only the minimum wage, should not be able to run a household and support a family. The Eritrean man who drowned last week, and his wife, should be held up as examples of the right attitude to life, money and hard work. As for the middle-class suffering poverty, if that’s the same middle-class partying and posing all over Facebook, then maybe you and I don’t define middle class the same way. Or maybe you think that Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando, Jesmond Mugliett and Vince Micallef are ‘upper class’.]

Woman with no principles – you should distinguish from what is wrong for the country and from your beliefs

[Daphne- The woman with no principles, Mr Spiteri, is the one in the post above.]

[Daphne – Do you remember that biblical parable about the burying of talents? I believe that when you’re born with a brain, it’s criminal not to use it. It is precisely because of what Labour does, or rather, doesn’t, that I won’t be voting Labour any time soon. Over my dead body will I vote to give power to the very same individuals who I see right there and recognise from the Godawful 1970s and 1980s. And that’s quite apart from the frightening stupidity, terrible incompetence and lack of policies. Come on, Joseph – surprise us with a policy. Also, Adrian, I hear that you are being touted as prospective Labour candidate, in which case I strongly recommend that you edit your Facebook pictures to remove the ‘bear with a waxed chest’ items, before you find them used to raise questions about your credibility.]

You know, my dear Ciccio, there are some BazuzlEOs who’ll keep their position no matter who’s in government. And that’s the worst of it. I don’t suppose any of the various Profses for Airy-Fairy Departments or Chairs of Malta Institutes for Uber-Futuristic Dreams will be removed from their posts. I mean the political leadership will change but the eminences grises won’t. Alas, and so the darkness spreads.

That’ll be one bitter Pink Gin, Ciccio. And it won’t be the Angostura. (I have mine ‘in’). Bhal dak li qallu, se jinzilli valienu.

Baxxter, I thought you were going to start about those first 100 days after Joseph Muscat addresses the nation from a new balcony at the mile end, proclaiming “Inhobbkom, min hawn ghal-Kastilja.”

I see you have missed the most important position of them all!

It’s the Chairman of the Special Committee for the Preparation of Malta for the EU Presidency 2017.

This will be hand-picked by the new Prime Minister Doktorrr Joseph Muscat with a lot of suspense. Have to think about that one.

Ciccio, I think you may have posted a link of his mate by mistake!

Yeah well, I wasn’t being funny or sarcastic. That’s a “68% probability” forecast. Contingency planning, as it were.

Therefore:
MEPA CEO – Musumeci
Heritage Malta CEO – Astrid Vella

As for the others, they can’t be CEOs if they’re in parliament. But you’ve given me some useful hints:

Environment Minister – Leo Brincat
Tourism Minister (tourism will be upgraded to a ministry) – Karmenu Vella
Education, Employment and ICT-techie fluff Minister – Evarist Bartolo

First measures enacted by new PM:
Withdrawal of Malta from European Defence Agency and EU Military Committee
Withdrawal of Malta from PfP
MCAST turned into a University (MUAST)
Vision 2015 re-branded as Vision 2025, with the addition of an “eight pillar”: the “social dimension”
Establishmen of a Kummissjoni Nazzjonali Ugwaljanza ghall-Omosesswali; Engerer offered chairmanship, declines; given to Gabi Calleja

That completes the déjà vu and closes the Seventh Gate of Hell. Then let’s see us moaning about bus routes and theatre roofs and other trivialities.

Let’s do a Casablanca and agree to meet a couple of weeks after the 2013 elections, Ciccio. The bar at the Phoenicia. If my predictions turn out right, you’ll buy me a Hendrick’s G&T. If I lose the bet, drinks are on me.

Baxxter,
MEPA has a Chairman and a CEO. Did you mean to put Robert Musumeci as Chairman?
Here is the job for the ones you mentioned.
1. Chairman of Enemalta – Leo Brincat, maybe. Isn’t he into carbon dioxide and all that sort of gas and hot air?
2. Chairman of Airmalta – Karmenu Vella, probably. Is he not involved in a hospitality group, and has he not been involved in cargo (remember the Tunny Net)?
3. Auditor General, or Ombudsman. Evarist Bartolo, surely. He is now an expert at investigating all sorts allegations, including the most baseless ones.

As for Astrid, I would propose her as Spokesperson for the PM. With her voice and a megaphone, she can speak directly to all of Malta and Gozo from one of the windows on the second floor of Castille.