Did Franco resign his post as Parliamentary Assistant or is he still being paid for something he hasn’t done in months?

[Daphne – He’s still there, getting paid for doing nothing.]

Kultant tikteb qisek Ranier Fsadni, kev. Tigi minnu?

“…but in the end he will throw away the hand grenade – with the pin still in”.

Of course, he would swear that it was a defective hand grenade and not that he failed to pull the pin! He’s always right, you know.

Does your barrel have a bottom, Anony-mouse?

Not after he blew the originals.

Isn’t that an old Newfie (Newfoundlander) joke (denoting stupidity) if I recall correctly?

Just as Joseph will not reveal any plans should he become the next PM.

Both have warts to hide. After all were they not schoolmates, products of the same era?

My suspicion, though, is that Joseph has an edge over Franco, proven by the fact that he manipulated his Party into electing him leader, while Franco manipulated his Party to exact revenge over various ministers, simply because he screwed up and disqualified himself from being considered, let alone being appointed one.

He can spend the rest of his life defending petty crooks, while Joseph will be chauffeur driven from one ribbon cutting ceremony to the next. As a minimum, he will still be leader of the Opposition with a better salary, better perks than Franco will ever enjoy.

He may have top marks in Form IIc, but he will never go past a standard medical exam given to army recruits.
He will probably fail in two important areas. Guess which?

There was never a declared saint while living. Mintoff beat him to it (thankfully), Joseph beat him becoming a Party leader and will beat him again at becoming a younger prime minister than Franco will ever be.

This is what constantly gnaws at Franco’s guts.

Why doesn’t Franco recoil in shame?

Simple, Antoinette: Franco lives in a world of his own where he is supreme and above all.

All one has to do is read his tirades and consistently will find a common denominator: that he knows best and everyone else is inferior especially if they scored less than 100% in religious studies in Form IIC.