This cabinet has 22 prime ministers and 1 prima donna.

Not even 100 days into his mandate, he has already lost control of his Cabinet, parliamentary group and sundry hangers-on, with everybody doing his own thing.

I think we all know that the purchasing power in Malta is much less than other other countries. I remember tourists from Scotland complaining last year that the prices of public transport and face cream in Malta were higher than those obtained in Scotland. We all know that our wages are lower than those in the UK.

This is also reflected in IMF statistics http://www.indexmundi.com/g/r.aspx?c=mt&v=65k.

[Daphne – David, your po-faced style of communication and your literal mind make me despair. “I remember tourists from Scotland complaining last year that the prices of public transport and face cream in Malta were higher than those obtained in Scotland.” Other people might say that you cannot be serious, but I know only too well that you are.]

Totally agree.

As a cohesive functioning party they were far from a happy bunch and for all the platitudes being heaped on Lawrence Gonzi he was unable control the unravelling of the party structure in parliament around him.

To hold this man to God-like expectations would be utterly unfair and that is what many of the electorate expected – now we have the promises of Joseph and the man himself to contend with.

[Daphne – Go ahead, then, David. Compare the cost of household electricity in Britain to the average British wage, but don’t forget to factor in the cost of gas for heating your home nine months a year while you’re at it. And it might also be a good idea to compare the cost of household electricity in Italy to the average Italian wage, or the cost of household electricity in Greece to the average Greek wage, always assuming that the people with electricity bills to pay have jobs. Shall I go on? The level of sheltering from harsh reality, among big Maltese ‘children’, is quite impressive.]

It says that:

1. The highest increase in household electricity prices was registered in Cyprus (+21%).

2. Expressed in euro, the highest average household electricity prices in the second half of 2012 included Cyprus (29.1).

3. When expressed in purchasing power standards (PPS) the highest household electricity prices were in Cyprus (32.9).

Why exactly did Joseph Muscat complain because we were different from Cyprus?

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20101101/local/gonzi-not-as-good-as-fenech-adami-in-economic-management-muscat.334190

Instead of demanding a compensation from BWSC for using us as guinea pigs, the government forgive all other rightful claims.