Thanks for clarifying it for me AE.

If the leaders had really converted and the followers became aware of it, they’d desert them as it’s in their blood to be anti-EU and to be divisive.

It’s not the leaders only who have to convert but the PL supporters.

It is not strict correct to say that that first year is tax free. The tax credit one can get is capped to (at present) EUR 2,000. I have had two children in the past couple of years and have had to pay tax anyway even though I hardly have a high income. There seems to be a discord between those making the policy and those implementing it.

The rule on this has changed a few times over the course of the past couple of years.

First there was a cap of eur2000 for employed women and EUR 5000 for self employed. Then the cap was removed for employed but retained for self employed thus discriminating against the latter. (most women with young children prefer to be self employed as it gives them the requisite flexibility they need to work and care for their children). Those who earn both a bit of employed income and selemployed had to choose. Now the cap is back on for all.

Convoluted to say the least. I had to seek advice from an accountant to complete my return so it ended up costing me. I might have got some of the detail wrong but even the fact that it is not a straightforward rule is very telling.

It is well-written because the author has such a perspicacious mind. It’s one of the reasons why I enjoy this blog so much. Well done.

Regarding relationships I agree that political differences are an obstacle, but politics is just one aspect of life.

Patriotism is also the last refuge for the scoundrel.

Could anyone identify the exact point in time when the Leader of the Labour Party experienced his Damascene conversion from a Malta reserved for Labourites only to that of a Malta belonging to all of us? The impending general election would not convince anyone that the Labour Party radical conversion is as genuine as St Paul’s.

Now relegated to the underworld, he will return to Middle Earth if PL win the election. Precious.

Like a boy in the school ground ready to give you his lunch and when you couldn’t care less about having his ‘pakkett’, he just keeps putting in more and more hoping the Mars bar might finally do it.

The typical Labour bully imposing his political leanings on others including his wife.

‘Qisu’ because he only looks like a nerd.

You have to be intelligent to be a real nerd.