The joke amongst Labour insiders is, ‘int issa nitlighu mbaghad naraw’, a double entendre to Joseph’s tenuous hold onto the leadership once elected.

It cannot be reduced to plain incompetence that in four years, the PL under his helm hasn’t been able to produce a comprehensive manifesto. It’s become a lame excuse, I say, conceited, not to produce any policy.

It’s also ethically wrong, a political party works consistently for the betterment of a country, a social contract cannot be a source of blackmail.

One insider told me, eight months ago, that he was quite sure Joseph will be up to it. A couple of weeks ago, a common firned told me, the same was having serious doubts what will really happen.

With Labour there’s a consistent pattern, first they spend most of their time at each other, then, when they’ve sorted their interests out and decided who’ll get what, it will be our turn. Sant had Mintoff but the whole party behind him. Joseph doesn’t.

Or try to use a happy vertical people transporter, which would in turn, insist on participating in the decision-making process.

Imagine Franco trying to argue his way up from the basement.

I doubt it. He probably thinks his big pony can’t fit in a mankini.

He may then need constant watch

This must be the best comparison to date. We should try to teach him how to fly.

I think the Onorevoli Kap tal-Oppożizzjoni is in reflective mode right now. It may have finally dawned on him that he has been playing with fire for some time now.

What if this Debono syndrome is contagious?

Muscat’s turned his party into a muviment with no name and no discernable platform. He’s also desperately trying to corral a pack of dinosaurs from the day-before-yesteryear with a couple of fresh-faced and hopelessly naive star candidates, and a rich and famous old dung-flinger. Some rainbow coalition he’s got there.

He can’t possibly make ministers and parliamentary secretaries out of all the “racanc” he finds in his skip post-election. Will he have the cojones to stand up to his uppity backbenchers, or will he try to crush them when they act up?

He will no longer feature on the news.

He will not feature in any blog. Nobody will read his blog. When this time comes it will be very tough for this village lawyer. Things might become really serious than.

With that he can compete with ‘Pipi’s’ braces, of which he seems to be so jealous.