1. I thought that progressive parties allow everyone to have their opinion – the fact that the law still passed is proof that the “Conservative Party” respects the opinion of the majority.

2. Invest in people qualified for the job if you want to succeed in making the sale – standard-of-living? the help and strengthening of families? hand-in-hand?

3. Divorce might have taken less time had it been introduced in 1997, failing that, why was the members bill not put forward by the “Progressive Party” in 2010?

4. The middle class tend to be more educated which normally means that decisions are based on facts and not prattle; we want to know what the policies are and not that you are working on them, that tends to be a given.

5. Last but not least, the only reason why we have civil liberties is because of, and not despite, the “Conservative Party”.

6. If you want to appeal to the middle class I suggest that you stop trying to recreate the past; it is still fresh in our minds.

Muscat Joseph

Ok, Joseph. “Hear” this. How do you reconcile progressive liberalism with the following:

“How can I be allowed to say that I am an atheist “u qisu ma gara xejn”” – Toni Abela on Super One Radio.

http://loubondi.blogspot.com/2011/10/scoop-toni-abela-your-liberal-and.html#more

There are various good reasons why a surname may be hyphenated.

One of the reasons is to distinguish clearly between what is a first or (or ‘Christian’) name and what is the family name or surname.

In this case, for example, if Edward Zammit Lewis (without hyphen) were to have a book published, it would be catalogued by the British Library (indeed by anyone who is not familiar with local Maltese names) under Lewis (surname) Edward Zammit (first or Christian names). If the surname is not hyphenated they would have no way of knowing that Zammit is part of the surname. It would be like John Henry Newman to them – two Christian names and a surname.

I got a flyer for a home visit from one Edward Zammit – Lewis (hyphen included)

‘Nibnu familja progressiva

Dr. Edward Zammit – Lewis ser ikun qed jaghmel iz-zjarat lill-familji fit-triq tieghek nhar….(date and time inserted into space provided, written in block letters with a ballpoint pen)..’

[Daphne – He hyphenates his surname to make it clear that Lewis is not his Christian name. You have to, in social situations where people call themselves Zammit David and Camilleri Anton, presumably because they think, because of the school roll-call, that this is how it should be.]

striked again. This is the Coconut we’re spoke about.