You really hit the nail on the head here, and in so many other columns of yours.

When I ask people point blank,”Ok, why do we need a change?”, all I hear is mumbling and uuuh…emmmm…No serious and mature thought.

You’re right – people are frustrated and gven that attributing one’s frustration to oneself is extremely difficult and requires a high level of intelligence, then one directs it to the usual suspects: il-gvern, l-Arriva,and so on.

Few understand that we are largely the authors of our own happiness in normal circumstances. And these are normal circumstances because there isn’t a war on.

And they’re too young to have noticed that this country is bankrolled by the relatively few employees on a halfway decent wage/salary.

Because THAT’s what needs a revolution – weeding out the freeloaders, the VAT cheats, the ultra-low productivity of a lot – NOT ALL – of government employees and allowing those who work hard for their money to keep more of it to spend as they wish.

@ Nightwing,

Where were you when politicians like Austin Gatt were needed to face down the Labour Party?

Nightwing, then all you have to do is vote for new faces in your constituency. I am ashamed to have voted for JPO in the last election. I shall be voting for a new face come next election. If JPO is on the ballot paper on the PN side (I doubt) then the box next to his name will remain empty.

It is not only the Nationalists who believe that this government is moving in the right direction, even if takes detours along the way. Even Joe Muscat thinks that the Gonzi govt is on the right track.

Labour leader Joseph Muscat has promised ‘continuity’ from a PN –led administration should he be elected Prime Minister.

Speaking on Radio Malta 2 this morning, Joseph Muscat said that should he be entrusted by the electorate to govern the country in the coming general election, he will not adopt a policy whereby all that has been done by a PN-led administration would be put aside.

“I for one, and my party are here for the common good of all, and we will definitely not destroy the good which was done by a PN-led administration,” Muscat said.

there you have it, even if the above piece has been cut from MaltaYesterday.

So why do we need to change the party in government? Just change the faces.

Just take a stroll though the timesofmalta.com comment-board or the closet PL Facebook group “Moviment Tindahalx” to see the levels of mass hysteria that can be found online.

Having said that, just because life was worse before 1987 doesn’t mean people don’t have the right to demand better. These Reductio ad Mintoffum arguments are getting old.

True, but you just have to look at the alternatives: Karmenu Vella and George Vella, Alex Sceberras Trigona, Leo Brincat…

And what about the recent acquisitions residing comfortably in Joseph’s skip, with a few more prospects to join in soon?

And yes, most people seem to quickly forget what we’ve been through under Labour governments.

Probably these people also forget that they have the luxury of freedom of expression, and the luxury of compalining about small change.

However, I must say that the Arriva issue is a real fiasco, and it defeated the whole purpose of why the reform has been made.

The amount of traffic and the time it’s taking me to get to work with my own car is unbelievable, so instead of minimising the traffic on our roads, the way the system is operating has led to much heavier traffic since people cannot rely on the service.

But obviously I’d rather compalin about this rather than waking up every morning not knowing what’s going to happen next.

But still, we have the right to say that the service is bad or worse than before. The service is not reliable. Why should I have to leave home two hours before I start work so that I hope I get on a bus that is not full up (*) and still arrive late for work?

(*) not because more people are using public transport but of less buses on the road