Exactly. I believe that it is not a case of Muscat not knowing how things should be done, but that he does, and that he prefers to ride roughshod over everything and everyone, imbasta tghaddi tieghu, and to “hack” with any rules, regulatuions, ethics and, yes, etiquette.

OK, Baxxter, point taken.

However, for the sake of my grand children, I am more interested in, and fearful of, breathing neanderthals, not dead ones.

Actually, no. You’re new to this ancient island, Harry, so let me explain.

Back in the 1980s, the golden years, the Speaker of the House was a certain Kalcidon Agius, who was possibly more illiterate than our Anglu. His day job was plasterer, as Daphne has pointed out, but he also unclogged drains etc.

Look him up on ‘t internet. And remember than genes speak louder than anything.

He resigned his post at One to get into parliament instead of Anglu, but Anglu becomes speaker and Jason is left out in the cold.

Life must be cruel for Jason but I bet he will be doing something about it. What levers will he put to heave / ho Joseph?

http://acuschieri.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/the-new-speaker-of-the-house/

“History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.”

In the light of The Times editorial of today and of Franco’s appointment as Commissioner… are we sure that above the acute inappropriateness of the appointments we are not spectators to a very dark genre of humour by JM?

A Speaker who cannot speak and a Commissioner of Laws who will be stifled in any actions proposed?

Don’t worry about that. We’ll ask Chris Cardona to take his dog with him to parliament.

News Flash: New Prime Minister sets another historical precedent as he appoints illiterate, inarticulate and unsophisticated man as Speaker of the House of Parliament, again demonstrating his distain for the highest institution in the land.