To “would-like-to-have-been-but-wasn’t-and-will-never-be”, you mean.

What about him? He’s a true gentleman.

We tend to forget that Lino Spiteri, though he resigned from Sant’s cabinet, remains a champagne socialist and like all such people they are united in their hatred for PN.

Labour’s propaganda keeps avoiding product comparison.

It explains the mixed messages being sent out, Bondi was spot on when he asked why is it they’re playing for time even though they declare they’re ready.

All this parallel positioning has done, is to create conflicting concept ideas, which ones to be discarded, still an issue.

Yesterday’s ‘l-aqwa kabinett li qatt rajna’ spells no solution in sight, and the plan to go for testimonials.

Toni Abela made it clear earlier promises depend on the situation at hand.

Their next step will be to lament the disadvantage due the early election itself interrupting the execution of the 2008 manifesto, hence no possibility for judgement, an attempt to eliminate comparison of electoral programmes.

To “would-like-to-have-been-but-wasn’t, you mean.

Even Lawrence Gonzi is.

Yes, that would be indeed a very, very bad understand how democracy works. But luckily some people change, learn and become wise over the years.

“The team must not be weakened by some of its members making clear in public that they disapprove of the government’s policy.”
“If they do not like what the team is doing, they must either keep quiet or leave.”

Unbelieveable.

It is truly sad when even seasoned columnists like Spiteri are taken for a ride and moreover utter complete nonsense such as permitting personal attacks by none other than the prime minister.

What one has to bear in mind is really quite simple. Would Debono be withdrawing his support if he had been appeased and given a cabinet post?

And the clear short answer is no.

They intend to send out the message that if they make it to power, it will still be business as usual.

‘Mohhok mistrieh’ becomes ‘inhallukom tahdmu’. Note how their message, however, still delineates a distance in mentality.

They also make it a point to call the PN ‘il-partit ta’ Gonzi’, to alienate people avoiding a direct confrontation with the Nationalist Party. The conclusion is due an imbalance in portfolios. Their have been a number of not so subtle attempts to distance Lawrence Gonzi from Eddie Fenech Adami.

It’s called positive replacement, used extensively by Japanese carmakers in the 90s when they launched their luxury brands. Lexus were made to look like Mercedes, yet branded Lexus by Toyota and Kia’s doing the same nowadays, borrowing heavily from Volkswagen’s styling language.

The method is preferred by inexperienced companies who try to penetrate established market niches. Problem is, these keep changing.

Positive replacement works best in newish markets, not where the brands being targeted maintain a strong presence, in symbiosis with their clients. Mercedes can sell an A class, Lexus cannot.