Yes, some of The Times reporters do have a hidden agenda, but then don’t try to comment about it on timeofmalta.com because they won’t publish it. It happened to me several times, including my recent reaction when I used the words “shame, shame” after they published a large photo of the late North Korean leader with a report on the Prime Minister.

[Daphne – Well, luckily we’re not living in North Korea, as Debono claims, and nobody’s bothered to define what they mean by a personal attack. They should consider themselves fortunate not to be living in Britain or Italy if this is what they define as a personal attack. If somebody wants my vote, they should also expect my criticism. This particularly applies to the awful let-down, Jeffrey.]

erm, as El Capon said, kullhadd irid jiekol.

[Daphne – I don’t think you understand one basic thing: I do not work for the Nationalist Party. I am not a Nationalist Party employee or politician. I have neither the same imperatives, nor the same objectives. Their objective is to sort out the crisis. My objective is to keep my readers informed of what is going on. My particular objective is to break ranks with much of the rest of the media, who are licking Franco’s butt and not putting things into their proper context, for a wide variety of reasons, from personal friendship to the desire to see Lawrence Gonzi brought low. Or simply because, as with certain reporters at The Times, they do not realise just how serious this situation is and are treating it as an exciting diversion from the usual mundane stories of a routine January.]

He’s got to have at least 52 issues on his list. One more than Joseph’s 51 proposals.

Ma tarax. Imma skond Musumeci il-velenu qieghed f’certu blogs.

I can only assume that they see an opportunity to sell more copies of their flailing ‘newspaper. When will Franco realise he’s being used by all the media?