Do you mean the Solzhenitsyn who said ‘For a country to have a great writer is like having a second Government. That is why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones’. hmmmmm…

As for Godfrey, I know him to be a very competent fellow who has continued to update himself – he is also a very creative thinker. So – whilst I agree about the too young taking on high responsibility posts – I would certainly disagree with your comment on Godfrey (who by the way was also trusted in high office under the other party).

[Daphne – This is not about age in and of itself, but about age in a particular field or position, Joe. The world in which Godfrey (I know him too) will have to operate is not ‘ICT’ but digital media. It is COMPLETELY dominated by (white, male) 20/30-somethings. All you have to do is look at the lists of speakers at conferences, meetings and conventions on the subject and the average age of people working for companies in the field. There is a reason for this: they are the ones who were there when it all began. People our age are late to the party and we are forever at a disadvantage. Not only is it not our world in terms of competence and understanding, but it is not even our world in terms of engagement. It is a world, put simply, that does not belong to us and never will. We are mere spectators climbing on from another era. Working in digital media, getting creative in digital media, is not about technical expertise but about understanding how the minds of that generation work. And they don’t work the same as ours. Of course, I generalise and obviously do not include people like Silvio Schembri and Ian Borg, who are mental clones of their parents’ generation.]

If you had then you’d know how Labour feels being in power.

So much for the internationalisation of the University of Malta.