Not by the looks of it. He may quit half way on his first game.

Just remember there is really no such thing as an abstention. Not voting means approving the outcome of the vote. You also lose your right to complain.

Do you play chess?

Those were the exact thoughts that went through my mind when I decided to apply for the competition.

Unlike Franco Debono though, my ideas of what could be done to improve this country actually make sense.

Neshinil, stopgahp, defisits, disskonnektid, squarwan, giopp, a fleur society….

He’s utterly lost, not one qualified proposal.

“Jien personalment nibbankja mal-BOV”

Guess he’s thinking too much about the death of the present government.

Abstain is the coward’s way out. So I have to vote.

I can’t see I gain from either of them getting in. But my gut instinct is that Muscat would be wrong at this time.

So I have to vote Gonzi to stop Muscat getting in.

But that will only encourage Gonzi into thinking I approve of him, when I don’t.

I think the PN led by Simon Busuttil would get my vote in a positive way.

But Gonzi re-elected makes leadership change difficult to achieve. So voting for Muscat might make the PN ditch Gonzi and get Simon or A N Other who I COULD endorse. But the thought of Muscat f**king it up for five years in the hope that I get a PN I would approve of is so unpalatable.

So on the day of the election, you have a few hundred of us ‘floaters’ who hold the key to the outcome. How scary is that.