Bit tasteless don’t you think?

Love the ‘mostly’, gives me the conviction where the transcendental nature of this place lies.

Quick, a putto, get some whitewash.

Mbaghad tiskantaw bil-Mintoffjanizmu.

Right, it’s official, affording a swimming pool isn’t having it good, just a basic necessity.

In 1979 Mintoff declared Malta Hiielsa, in 1980 he signed the defence protocol with the Italian government.

Oh well.

Worse than that, Mr Vassallo.

Had Malta been captured by the Axis forces the Allies would have bombarded this island to smithereens to get it back before the Invasion of Sicily. Pantelleria had been reduced to rubble during Operation Corkscrew:

“The surrender of the Italian-held islands furnished a spectacular illustration of the intense and violent force that the Allies could bring to bear upon the enemy. The reduction of the islands furnished the first proof of the power of such bombardments to induce surrender.” (Official USAAF History)

You don’t say.

So why wasn’t your current hero at the 90th anniversary commemoration of Armistice Day, when he turned up in Valletta in the afternoon that, sporting a poppy, to lead a march ta’ kurragg against the deadly horror of utility bills?

Four of the 16 photos are by Darrin Zammit Lupi for Reuters.

The Prime Minister was accompanied by Mrs Gonzi.

The Leader of the Opposition was accompanied by Joe Debono Grech.

The Opposition’s wreath was blown aside as soon as it was placed at the foot of the monument. Nature abhors a vacuum.

[Daphne – No, because I don’t give a monkey’s cuss. If I had been a man in WWII, I wouldn’t have supported the PN. Nobody in my family did.]

It is good that the PL have started to commemorate Remembrance Day.

Perhaps one day they will realise that we have to thank God for the British.

Had we been captured by the Italians and the Germans we would have been on the wrong side of the war.

We would have had Maltese dying for tyranny and not for freedom.

Perhaps one day PL will realize that 31st March was the termination of an extended agreement with the British, and nothing more. Under the PN, they would have left in 1974. Under Mintoff they left in 1979, because he extended the agreement.

And that agreement could only be extended or terminated because Malta was independent. With Independence you can decide to extend agreement with British (as Mintoff did) or you can decide to terminate agreement with Britain, as Borg Olivier did. When Malta obtained Independence in 1964, an agreement was signed with Britain for Malta to remain a base until 21st September 1974.

Yes, we must commemorate Armistice Day, as we are members of the Commonwealth – and thank God for that.