He probably replied to your email, didn’t he? That is what’s so galling about the man.

He would listen, true to his dictum about a party that listens, and then he would proceed to follow whatever had already been decided.

Two years of “konsultazzjoni mal-poplu” worth bugger all. Anyone who was consulted felt cheated, and voted Lawrence Gonzi out.

Labour works the exact opposite way. It doesn’t pretend to consult with the people. It holds a press conference and shows us the report carried out by Labour, the decision made by Labour, and an artist’s impression of the finished thing made by Labour.

Between the two, it’s hard to choose which is best.

I also asked him to explain (bl-imgharfa) to all the Nationalist people what he had achieved and what he will do. Imma bl-imgharfa ghax hadt ma beda jifhem peress li l-Lejburisti hadmu kif hadmu.

A triple ‘amen’ to that, my friend.

I was struck dumb by the way Demarco appeared to be hushed by Manwel Micallef’s presence on NET TV.

He looked poorest when Manwel asked whether the PN was indicating it would boycott Franco Debono when it comes to constitutional reform.

That was pussy-footing at its most abject. I felt ashamed and humiliated. Didn’t Demarco feel that way, too?

He looks happier among his European colleagues than his own PN supporters. Always did. His opponent is the precise opposite.

There’s the rub.

Unless the PN can change Maltese society, it will never again win any elections. Either that or it can change itself to a hamallier version of Labour.

But then it might as well call itself Labour. The useless Peter Serracino Inglott is dead – the ideological shackles should be off.

Hitler was voted into power wih more votes than that. I’m sure those voters were all right, weren’t they?

Have you even seen the report? What you say is missing is on pages 22 – 28. It may not be the zenith of analytical technique … but it has been attempted.

[Daphne – I am not talking about the report.]