And this appears to indeed be the tragedy of our nation: that you either have a slick, educated, narrow-minded and self-serving party boy appointed to a crucial public position (PN), or else an uneducated narrow-minded troglodyte party boy appointed to a crucial public position (MLP)! Quo vadis Malta?

Please direct your enquiries to the High Commissioner and his menswear outlet.

Good one.

This happened in the past with the appointment of Scerri and Cassar in London, and Forace in Australia. The news that the Australian authorities were defied is not a good augury for our relations with Australia, as was the case with Forace.

For the record, Francis Cassar admitted to us that he felt uncomfortable that at time he was made to feel more as the president of the MLP club in London than the High Commissioner in London.

Foreign Minister Tabone appointed him as Malta’s representative (not in the rank of ambassador) in Baghdad, and Cassar stayed in that position as long as he wished.

Why can’t anybody remember that a bank clerk ended up being a finance minister?

That’s the official line promoted by the prime minister in defense of all inappropriate appointments, notably John Dalli’s.

Meta tara l-gazzetta ufficjali tal-P.L. li tghid car u tond li l-gvern Australjan ma kienx kuntent b’din il-hatra, u bir-ragun ghax Muscat ma seta qatt akkwista ‘diplomatic skills’ mix-xoghol tieghu ta’ xufier u messaggier, u l-gvern Awstraljan jigi mgieghel jaccetta din il-kariga, tistghu tahsbu kemm ser ikun hemm kordjalita bejn l-Ambaxxattur Malti, il-Gvern Awstraljan, kif ukoll bejn l-istess Muscat u Ambaxxaturi ta’ pajjizi ohra.

Fl-opinjoni tieghi ghadna gvern immexxi minn Prim Ministru immatur politikament, u allura ma tistax tistenna ahjar hlief dawn l-izbalji goffi.

We should have an Eddy-says ‘John Dalli-o-meter’:

This week, Eddy-says, John Dalli is …………. (fill in either invaluable for his experience or the devil incarnate.)