“Haw Cikk, hemm kif se naghmlu fuq il-ligi taz-zwieg?”

“You could have discussed this matter with my Apostolic Nuncio in Malta, We do not want to waste your precious time on this formality.As my predecessor once said“

Truth is not determined by a majority vote.

”The Church’s teachings remain the same about divorce. May God bless your family…Your wife somehow reminds me of my home-country’s ex-first lady.”

I didn’t understand a word you wrote.

Consultation with whom? With a Xarabank audience? With you? With me?

Jo Saliba,

Just one very little disagreement.

There is only one Commandment.

Job mal-gvern u post tal-gvern.

The rest of your contribution is super.

I still think the hand shake here was over a European platform. This way he’s on his best behaviour until next year and then providing a 4th carnival in Brussels thereafter for the run-up to the Presidency. Out of sight, out of mind? Perhaps that’s what JM meant when he said “you ain’t seen nothing yet.”

Well said. My thoughts exactly.

Yes I laughed at the apt description. John Zammit is really great. In fact I suggest he publishes all his commentaries to date. Prosit John.

People have to realise by now that Joseph is taking non-decisions, in other words approving every decision which Gonzi took before him.

Malta’s entry into the European monetary system, the Budget which he voted against, Arriva, the Cospicua waterfront, the health system and the Piano Project which GONZI will inaugurate as Joseph promised.

No need to tell you that Joseph keeps his promises.

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120401/local/labour-government-would-invite-lawrence-gonzi-to-inaugurate-city-gate-project.413686

What would have happened if the use of the Piano Project was changed? How would have Joseph kept his word with Gonzi with whom he has a “good relationship”?

In my opinion Joe Fenech was not correct when he criticised the location of our house(s) of parliament. It is a magnificent and practical work of art and somehow blends with the surrounding area; a decent place where our representatives can work.

Auberge de Castille is the symbolic ‘seat of power’ – it’s in the highest part of Valletta and you have to climb a flight of stairs to reach the actual PM’s office. That’s how things should be. If Mintoff and Ceaucescu liked that set up, it doesn’t mean it’s necessarily wrong.

About the theatre – how many of us are theatre lovers, can afford to go to the theatre and have time on their hands to go for nights at the opera like our Mr Fenech?

I think I will be going to watch Mark Knopfler playing some Dire Straits pieces on the Granaries, but I don’t know whether I’ll attend Joseph Calleja’s concert even if it is for free. I must say that I felt really proud of him when he performed at the Royal Albert Hall in the Last Night of the Proms. He’s got talent, but those are my preferences.

Maybe I get my full satisfaction wearing jeans and a tee shirt eating a ploughman’s lunch (‘hobza friska imhaffra u inhawra, biz-zejt u t-tadam’) on a sandy beach and feel down having to be in a straitjacket nibbling canapes and drinking champagne with caviar.