They say every cloud has a siver lining.

Let us assume (God forbid) LP are elected to power. It is said that people get the leaders they deserve.

But let us not forget that even after the long-lasting bitter after-taste left by the 1971 – 1987 MLP administration, only nine years after they were elected to power. The electorate appears to have a very short memory.

It took only a few months, if not weeks, for the electorate to realise that it was taken for a ride with the vague pre-election promises of doing away with VAT and all the rest.

The less than a two-year stint under Labour was enogh to give us 15 years of respite under a Nationalist government.

Now the elctorate for the last 15 years has seen new heights of well-being. It has been pampered and shielded so much that it is starting to ignore the realities around it.

It is apparentoly again suffering from a collective political dementia.

Let us remember that the Labour Party, by claiming it will divulge its alternative polices when it feels appropriate, is only a reflection of how ill-prepared it is. A short Labour stint in government will surely awake the electorate and result in another 15 year stint of PN led government.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1qoq9jIjpNM

While there’s bread and circuses…

A. Economic concerns

43.6% cost of living
31% electricity tariffs
15% state of the economy
11.3% employment
10.6% price of petrol and gas
8.6% low income
4.4% immigration
4.2% Eurozone crisis
2.6% corruption

B. Other

5.6% roads
4.8% instability in parliament
4.2% environment
2.2% health

(The figures add up to over 100%, but Gahan wouldn’t mind)

There is one main problem facing Malta. It’s a new Labour government.

Obviously Cyprus is a small country. But it seems all the Maltese journalists have forgotten that no more than a few months ago, Joseph Muscat was drawing comparisons with it, and suggested Malta should emulate the Cypriot model.

How’s that for sound economic advice?

The Eurozone crisis is not tangible insofar as people only hear about it in the news.

They have to see it in action, such as through the family’s bread-winner(s) suddenly losing his/her/their job due to their employer going bankrupt. As the eurozone crisis is taking a slow toll on the Maltese economy the effects are not obvious.

Honestly, most people haven’t got a clue.

And how many people do you think watch CNN, Euronews and so on? And how many of those have the background to really understand the implications of what is being reported?