It would be quite interesting though, and extremely beneficial for party politics.

We tend to base political predictions on statistics and raw data that can only provide information and a limited, one dimensional perspective. Yet here we all are attempting to deconstruct the outcome of this general election; an outcome that might have a multitude of different causes and personal choices – some even contradictory when seen alongside each other.

I applaud you on your holistic approach, Daphne.

Why oh why do I always seem to have to agree with you, Daph. Well said.

Try explaining that to the new bourgeois .

Din tfakkarni fi placard kbira imwahhla mal-hadid ta’ krejn fit-Tarzna wara li Fenech Adami rebah i-elezzjoni tal-1987: Tiggvernaw intom – Immexxu ahna!

Id-demokrazija a la Labour.

I never understood it. It was like my sexuality dictated my vote.

What nonsense, and if anything it made more sense to support the PN and Karl Gouder as he is a brilliant role model for all gay men and women in Malta: sound, mature and knows how to wear a tie.

Unlike Cyrus, who thinks it’s not a problem to email photos of an ex boyfriend to that ex-boyfriend’s boss and then ask the police to cover it all up.

The reason why those flaming queens never got anywhere with the PN government was because no matter how many times Mr Gouder tried to set up some sort of meeting with other MPs, the flock of drag queens would show up in jeans and bright colours screaming the words “Gay Marriage” and acting like a bunch of immature teenagers.

They would show up confirming the conservatives’ prejudice about gay men and women, that we are all unstable and unfit to commit and raise children, and turn them off straight away, not to mention make them look stupid.

How embarrassing. Even when they were told to wear suits, or something that resembled a suit, they still showed up looking like trash.

The PN would do well to understand that its value system, which helped it survive Mintoff and KMB, bring Malta out of the dark ages, into Europe, and finally have an economy as sound as it is now, is what it needs to fall back on in this period. No dancing to the tune of Labour’s hysterical flock of sheep.

What worries me is that there are people who are now going to be afraid to vote PN because so many people voted PL last election.

That is exactly what Muscat wanted: to left-foot the PN, create division like it did when it was in opposition, and get rid of it, so that there will only be Muscat and the PL. He goes on about stopping the politics of red and blue, how the time of political parties is over and how it is all about the movement now. I think he just wants everyone to be red.

A depressing thought, though sadly you’re right. For the same people, bailouts and bank runs are things that only happen to other people.

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21825981

Your last sentence says it all. Confirmed.

Quite frankly I do not think they could be bothered. They got what they wanted – a change – and that is all they are interested in. Problem is they got us into a mess that they will experience soon.

Mixed methods might help. There are some excellent books and articles on the subject