Is it me or my impression that you, a Laburist, spend more time on this blog than the Nationalists do? Something must be very wrong.

Is it not a refined form of bribery when Dalli is induced to resign his post immediately, within half an hour, or else he would be deprived of any retirement allowances do to him? To me that is only a variation of a Mafia “offer that Dalli couldn’t refuse” – or else.

Miskin Barroso qalbu tajba tafux ! Tant hu twajjeb li tah 30 minuta biex jirrizenja li ma jmurx ikollu cans jiehu parir legali suriet in-nies, u meta lanqas biss urih ir-rapport !

Angus Black : you probably are already wringing your arms in desperation at what awaits GonziPN !

RJC. That would be the clearest admission of guilt on his part !

If John Dalli does not believe that he is innocent in this matter, would he dare sue Barroso or whoever is directly involved in the conclusions of the report ?

The only difference being that marbut wisq mal-miljuni Brussel us siggu tal-poter. Clutching at straws badly.

What if, the utterance “circumstantial evidence” is THE cover-up? What if the report contains damning evidence instead?

I think that President Barroso expected Johnny Boy to act normally. That is, to bow his head and exit gracefully in gentlemanly fashion.

I suspect that President Barroso said something on the lines of “John, we caught you. Be a better man and take your punishment. Leave QUIETLY. We won’t make an issue of it and it will quickly go away”.

Now Johnny is stamping his feet – if he were truly innocent he would have refused to resign and made a press statement revealing everything on the day of unfair dismissal.

The way Johnny is acting is measured (stupidly contrived, but contrived nonetheless).

Now, President Barroso might go Dirty Harry on Johnny Cash and reveal the report content with damning evidence.

Ah, that would go ahead and really make my day.