If you know the right people, or if you scare the right people, yes, very easy.

Now this is a very interesting comment. I’ve heard some people, who are quite advanced in their years, who have voted Labour all their lives and yet are having second thoughts for this election. They mentioned different things which can be grouped into three categories, as it were.

1. Joseph is not a man of principle. He stands for nothing. He uses gays and minorities to achieve power;

2. Joseph is too ambitious – which is interesting. Ambition is a virtue, and yet, it may blind people, which is why, I guess, experienced people regard a certain sort of ambition with suspicion.

3. Young people must fend for themselves – the role of the government should be to create the right conditions for social mobility.

There aren’t thousands, mind you, but small pockets of society whose children probably have voted PN all their lives, or most of their adult life, anyway.

My secondary school was Maria Regina Junior Lyceum. My primary was Immaculate Conception (Tarxien). Most of my peers were from Labour families, and back in the 80s I was already vociferous against anything Labour.

Now I come across my old classmates and notice one particularly interesting thing. Those who, as children, were analytical and mature and, indisputably, intelligent, are clearly pro-Nationalist, have good jobs or are self-employed and are generally achievers in many spheres.

Those who I used to consider rather dull are nowadays fervent Labourites, who are passionately against anything Nationalist, declare themselves to be “poor” and have a huge axe to grind.

I conclude that when people are taught or empower themselves to think with their own minds, they start realising that even though the PN is far from perfect, it stands for all the values we want to pass on to our children and all that we consider to be “good” in life.

Of course, one might not agree on that or this particular policy but the PN’s outlook on life and life in Malta is something which has transformed Malta from a crumbling, desolated rock to a thriving young European states full of dreams for the future.

Funny thing is, the older I grow, the more pro-Nationalist I become, most probably because I realise that theirs is the only real policy with a vision for a bright future.

After all, that imbecile Gadget made the grade.

Now the whole country is held to ransom because of a thesis almost thrown out.

“Typical Labour hounding of people.”

Soon Franco Debono will have to choose which side of history he is on.

He will have the opportunity to prove if he is a Nazzjonalist x 10 as he preaches, or if he is just like those on the other side.

I have my doubts if Debono wants Carm Mifsud Bonnici’s job. He seems to want to hand it over directly to Jose Herrera, Michael Falzon, or Gadget Farrugia.

When one criticises someone or an organisation which he supposedly loves, one does it lovingly not disparingingly like Franco is doing to his beloved party.

If your wife is obese you don’t call her names in a social meeting, like “Here comes my Big Bertha! I feel embarrassed when she is near me; just look at her she eats everything which comes her way”.

In such situations one would either not comment or if someone passes some remark about how fat she is, one would play it down by stating something like “Yes she’s a bit chubby” and that he is part of the problem because he brings home cakes every evening and should encourage her to eat healthier foods.

If Franco’s ‘wife’ was fat he would verbally abuse her in public with words like “You PIG”; he would say that he calls her PIG because she IS obviously obese.

When Joseph compromised to such an extent that even Maltatoday can hold him to ransom, there’s not a lot he can do.

His nightmare scenario may have just started, pushed to lobby for interests which have nothing to do with the traditional Labour vote.

Someone said her Labour voting mother won’t give him the vote; I can confirm the increasing number of traditional laburisti who are becoming impatient with his posturing.

They won’t accept a party led by one who tries to silence their delegati or refuse to meet his own MP’s.

People like Marlene Mizzi and Manuel Mallia are considered the cause not a consequence, the latter’s faux GRTU raising a lot of eyebrows.

Adrian Vassallo isn’t someone these two can replace, he preempted it with his letter. In his haste to please, Joseph’s distractions have eroded the party’s fabric.

typical

The opposition may be opportunist and immoral to the extreme, but it all boils down to that FB fellow. Even if this motion is defeated, there’s no way he’s ever going to keep quiet about how he can do better than everyone else.

If I were the PM, I’d declare my full faith in Mifsud Bonnici, and convert the motion into a vote of no confidence in the whole of government; voting for the motion for FB would mean that he has more faith in Joseph Muscat fixing the things that he’s be harping about. And there’s the end to that.

I’m sure the PM has considered this scenario, but has decided that it’s more important for him to complete as much of his 5-year plan as possible, despite these constant battles to take this legislature to its full term.