Comments on: The grave consequences of a petty tragedy

By: Joethemaltaman

Joethemaltaman — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:31:43 +0000

In reply to Jozef. If JPOS is expelled from the party before an election is called by the PM, and a no confidence vote is called by the PL in parliament, the president could send for JM to form a government with the new resulting majority. Is that plausible?

By: Francis Saliba MD

Francis Saliba MD — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 20:46:04 +0000

In reply to anna caruana. So, the prodigal son is returning to his family. I wonder. What will be the modern equivalent of the biblical fatted calf banquet, the rings on his finger and the rich dress.

By: anna caruana

anna caruana — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 15:08:13 +0000

What’s with the Smith all of a sudden?

[Daphne – Jeffrey Pullicino (his real, registered name) has petitioned the Registrar to have his name formally changed to Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando Smith, Orlando Smith being his mother’s surname. Her father was Joseph Orlando Smith, secretary-general of the Labour Party in the 1930s.]

By: maryanne

maryanne — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 10:51:46 +0000

In reply to A. Charles. She's like a Trojan Horse virus.

By: A. Charles

A. Charles — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 08:24:14 +0000

In reply to Dee. No. She served her obligations to the MLP by being a sleeping fifth column on the inside of PN.

By: Dee

Dee — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 00:10:47 +0000

Is Carmen Camilleri Ciantar going to be expelled from the PL for colluding with the PN?

By: ciccio

ciccio — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 00:08:21 +0000

In reply to Jozef. As long as a government commands a majority of seats in Parliament, even if they do not belong to one party, that government will survive. It's the principle that underlies a coalition. A resignation from the party does not annul a government majority unless the MP also takes a decision to withdraw support to the government.

By: anthony

anthony — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:01:38 +0000

We, in Malta, can put CERN, Peter Higgs and the world’s gotha of physics to shame.

They have just struggled to sort of discover a “god particle’.

It took them fifty years.

We, here, have had at least two of these things for quite some time now.

We do not refer to them as a boson.

We call them JPOS and Franco Debono.

By: Francis Saliba MD

Francis Saliba MD — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:30:53 +0000

When JPOS draws attention to the obvious fact that if the PN gives the Order of the Boot to him, Franco Debono and Jesmond Mugliett, then a general election will have to called, he is not really warning anybody – he is only thinking out loud and discovering the ignominous fate that awaits him (and the other two co-conspirators) as soon as the Prime Minister decides that it is time to call the next general election.

By: Phili B.

Phili B. — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:40:14 +0000

“If JPOS did not see himself as the centre of the universe”

Loved this piece, and realised why he was so happy to sign the agreement with the European Space Agency.

Observer status, yes: Ciangura observing him… 24/7.