Bhas-soltu waqajt ghan-nejk.

You missed the point, Eddy. Daphne said he was special not because he had police protection but because he was driving without the seatbelt on when he and more so the police around him should know better. Insomma qbatha minn sieqha…

Mela rqadt lagemba, Privitera?

X’tghidilna dwar il-fatt li Joseph Muscat u l-muviment iffukat ivvutaw kollha kontra l-budget, eh?

Irrid nghid, il-budget li qalulna li fih mizuri pozittivi, fosthom Euro 300 fis-sena ghal min bhalek ghandu 80 sena?

U ma kienx qalilna li meta ssaffar is-suffara jikxef il-pjanijiet kollha? Issa s-suffara saffret, u l-pjanijiet ghadna ma rajnihomx. X’qed jahbi?

Guzeppi: Jaqaw qtajt qalbek fil-blog ta’ Franco, mort tiskenn taht id-dublett ta’ Daphne ?

Daphne Mela kemm int specjali INt li ilek is-snin twal bil-pulizija tghatik protezzjoni mad-dar tieghek, halli tkompli tivvomta l-hdura tieghek ghal-laburisti u dawk kollha li jieqfu lil GonziPN, bhal-Franco, Jeffrey u Mugliett !

Ghandek kuragg iggib dan il-kumment ?

[Daphne – I don’t have police protection, Privitera. Where did you get that idea? Ah, yes…you believe everything Labour tells you.]

And Franco Debono`s jealousy was the reason for what have happened yesterday.

And I know Franco very well. Terribly jealous.

While I can understand what you feel, bear in mind that he only has himself to blame.

If as he said he said, his family has strong Nationalist roots, the shame is even greater, especially considering that his village (Hal Ghaxaq) is a Labour stronghold. All of which shows how immature he still is.

That’s what I understand by the phrase: everyone has to shoulder responsibility for his/her actions. His success and ambition were far greater than his sense of judgement.

While other equally successful (at the polls) and restive backbenchers had the good sense of keeping their ambition in check, he was blind enough to continue heading towards his own blind alley.

Stingray,

What makes you think she’s in the throes of despair? If anything, the lady has a sharp eye for detail, a detail which tells volumes about the character.

Not that there wasn’t enough evidence, but still a confirmation.

Yesterday, I listened to him with laughable pathos as he went on babbling about his broken ego. Even if, as has been reported, he has woke up in high spirits, he will only be remembered as the sole person responsible for bringing down his own party in government over the budget vote.

All NP supporters and sympathisers drew a deep sigh of relief yesterday at having finally got rid of one whose far too long egocentric and megalomaniac antics, abetted by a couple of other, equally egocentric mavericks, were a continuous embarrassment to the government, the party and the nation at large.

Contrary to what happened in 1989 under A Sant, it is to Dr Gonzi’s credit that he patiently and steadfastly steered his government for the full term despite the numerous spokes in the wheel caused by some of his own men.

A lesser leader would have called it a day a long time ago. Luckily for this country, his great sense of direction, sobriety and determination took the better of him until reaching port.

I am hopeful that from what we’ve heard and seen yesterday, the NP will come out stronger from this experience in the run-up to the election. Let’s all remember that in the long term, as the adage goes, it’s the empty vessels that make most sound.

I am starting to feel very very sorry for his immediate family.