Does that mean that Joseph Muscat is a dead man walking? He has a habit of being late.

PS: Actually, you are wrong. Banks WILL lend on prospects of inheritance.

[Daphne – Oh yes, right. And how. A bird in the bush used as collateral. Maybe you’re thinking of Dennis Sammut’s days.]

I think enough has been said on this point for everyone to make up his or her own mind. I’m happy to leave it up to them.

I think it’s pretty obvious who is right and who is risking a twisted spine to prove an unproveable point.

Ħalli rasek fejn issibha.

[Daphne – As has become the norm nowadays among the partially educated, you confuse fact with opinion and believe facts are a matter of opinion. If a table is blue, it is irrelevant that you think it is green. It remains blue. Joseph Cuschieri is not an MEP. That you think he is one is irrelevant and does not change that fact. ]

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Customs, rules and medical councils may differ in respective countries.

Malta, a sovereign state, is free to opt for whatever it wishes.

Utter rubbish.

No, the electorate did not know that Cuschieri would be the sixth – just as they did not know that Busuttil would be first, Scicluna second etc (if I remember correctly).

[Daphne – Stop banging your head against that brick wall, because it makes thinking even more difficult. The electorate voted for five MEPs and not six. When we went to the polls, only five seats were available. That’s what counts. Any more of this skewed thinking and you’ll be telling me that Partnerxipp won the referendum and that people did not vote in favour of divorce legislation when you count the electorate as a whole. Pathetic.]

Our system being what it is, each and every one of us went and voted, in descending order, for our preferred candidates. Cuschieri got enough 1s, 2s, 3s etc to put him, in aggregate, in sixth place. And (listen carefully, I will only say this as many times as it takes) when we ALREADY knew that the Lisbon Treaty had already given Malta another seat and it was only pending ratification – which we were given to understand was a mere formality which would take a few months if not weeks.

[Daphne – You don’t have to speak to me slowly because I don’t vote Labour and never have done. What counts is what is there when you vote. Whether a sixth seat is pending or not is completely irrelevant if, at the time of voting, there are only five. It’s the difference between a bird in the hand and a bird in the bush. Or put more simply, you are not going to get any bank to lend you money using as collateral a house you will buy in six months’ time when your promised inheritance comes through. The definition of an MEP: somebody with a seat in the European Parliament NOT somebody who has been promised a seat in the European Parliament. Now go and barbecue some corned beef or something.]

It is well to underline that Cuschieri’s personal capabilities or lack of them are irrelevant. What is relevant is that Malta is being cheated of its rights and our Gov is doing sweet FA about it.

On a personal note, I would back pedal on the personal qualities if I were you. Nobody who supports a party that includes somebody like Edwin Vassallo is in a position to criticise.

[Daphne – I have never voted for Edwin Vassallo and do not intend to do so. Edwin Vassallo stands out in the Nationalist Party because he belongs with Labour. If he were in the Labour Party, he would not stand out.]

How can you blame us when it is so evident that you are off your rocker!

You went full retard. Never go full retard man, not cool.