He thinks he has the attention of the nation but it’s all on the wrong side and he has lost the plot.

I can’t get myself to where that could lead.

I do beg your pardon for hurting your language capabilities but I do make mistakes, sometimes even twice running. It doesn’t bother me and it shouldn’t bother you. As for your counsel, stuff it, if ever I’m so hard pressed to need it I’ll call you, don’t call me. Good day sir.

So you think this is an act of brinkmanship and he is waiting until the last moment for Gonzi to step aside?

[Daphne – On the government side. Crossing the floor is a statement. It means he has joined the Opposition.]

Franco Debono hasn’t grown up. That’s why. He’s still stuck in the classroom.

Peppi, I think he meant ‘damed’ because Joseph and Franco have turned parliament into a pantomime.

Wait for Jason Micallef to get elected; we’ll really have the dames then.

No Ciccio, Joseph and Franco ARE the cocks.

So you are relying your opinion on one simple assumption, Daphne, jekk qed nifhem sew. the assumption that Franco hasn’t yet recognised the fact that his days in parliament are outnumbered, let’s not mention being a minister. Well give it another second of thought.

What I can’t understand is why anyone would choose to keep up a secondary school rivalry well into adulthood. It’s just not healthy.

Perhaps this dissertation episode is just an unfortunate coincidence – I simply cannot imagine why anyone in his right mind would actually look up what his former nemesis wrote about and attempt to out do him.

However, nothing Franco Debono does surprises me any more.