@ Albert Fenech

Unfortunately for Labour, it has what could only charitably referred to as an iffy track record when it comes to electoral promises. Remember Sant and his removal of VAT?

So unless Joseph has found a magic lamp somewhere, we expect to know where he is going to find the dosh to pay for his promises. It is childishly easy to promise to abolish or reduce an unpopular tax or levy, only to immediately introduce another tax to make up for the shortfall in revenue this will entail.

In other words, an idiotic smile may impress the marmalja, but at the end of the day, it is cold facts and figures that are required, and not empty promises.

And there’s the pre-budget document.

Gonzi will win , but the country will suffer. An election is the last thing the country needs.

A responsible prime minister would not call for early elections just because he knows that he has a good chance of winning. There are far more important considerations which have to be taken into account.

“My sense is that people do undoubtedly hanker for a change. The polls indicate this. But people also need to know what they will get when the change happens. Above all, they wish to be confident that the party they vote into power will provide competent and effective government”

With the Alfred Sant factor gone, the PN can only limit the damage, and use the opportunity to clean and reinvent itself.

I’m fascinated. The PL’s fans think of its policies and Top Secret Plans to Obliterate the Enemy so True Believers Can Inherit the Earth.

Think a little bit clearly, Albert Farrugia. Those polices – assuming, of course, that there really are any – will affect your life too. You’ve complained long and hard about what’s wrong. Surely you deserve to know how the PL plans to put things right?

Can you not discern the difference between a Budget and an electoral programme, or at least an indication as to what policies the Opposition plans to adopt?

Do you not realize that revealing the contents of a Budget prior to its presentation in Parliament could give unfair advantage to investors and other interested parties? How would Joey react to such a ‘leak’ if one contractor/investor not wrapped in Labour’s flag (the one with the flaming torch) takes advantage of the Budget’s contents?

Joseph refuses to answer the simplest of questions not because he is tongue-tied but because he wants to cover up the fact that he has no idea where to begin if he happens to be PM in 2013.

But I am probably wasting my time explaining the how and the why (not) since your ears are only open to Joseph’s crap.

This is the latest elve refrain.

I saw this same logic used in the comments on Maltastar and by Cyrus on his Facebook page just today.

Of course it’s a ridiculous argument that holds no water.

With the way the MLP have been acting (and their supporters defending them), what on earth do they think the function of the opposition is?

I guess it is just to create instability in the country while trying to appeal to the unthinking.