My thoughts exactly. Things are going from bad to worse at an exponential rate and in this situation, I think it’s worth looking at the psychology of Joseph Muscat.

We know that he is amoral, as evidenced by his use of a mentally ill man as part of his vicious slander campaign on mostly honest individuals, and we know that he is a hypocrite, as evidenced by the whole Malta Taghna Lkoll thing as well as the fact that he calls for high standards in MPs but has people from the ‘Golden Ages’ in his cabinet.

It is also a fact that he is a liar – he blatantly lied about having never met Shiv Nair when there are eyewitness accounts of him sitting in a box at the Manoel Theatre with him and also at dinner with him in a restaurant, as far back as around three years ago.

The above are just a few examples from many of which I’ve lost count, but I’m sure that as a reader of this blog you know what I’m talking about.

Call me crazy, but I would take it a step further and suggest that Muscat has an element of sadism in him. Something tells me that power to him is not just a means of satisfying his ego and greed but a source of psychological pleasure.

It seems to me that he wants people to fear him and I have for the first time in my life experienced what it’s like to actually be afraid of my government.

As an accounts student, I cannot offer any detailed analysis of Joseph Muscat, but it would be interesting to hear what students of psychology have to say. The big question is, what motivates him and what will he do next? I think it’s safe to say that even those who didn’t vote Labour deeply underestimated him.

Sadly it does add up, Connor.
1. Joseph made a promise to deliver EU passports by a certain date.
2. Joseph did not expect a strong reaction by the Opposition, the general public and the EU, EP.
3. Joseph realized that he could not deliver as promised and that his head will roll.
4. Joseph had to find an excuse and fast – blamed the Opposition.
5. If he rolls on with the IIP and Malta is thrown out of Schengen the value of the Maltese EU passport diminishes.
6. Joseph will declare that membership with EU is no longer advantageous for Malta and requests a withdrawal.
7. He will have no choice but to submit to a referendum.
8. If he wins it will be the perfect excuse not to deliver the promise he made some two years ago. Heqq, ippruvajt!
9. He will then seek to integrate with a country ‘not in the EU’.

He will not succeed, but damage to Malta’s credibility will last a lifetime or more.

Some of us don’t have jobs at all, and are looking for one. Employers and institutions look askance at anyone who expresses a political opinion, especially someone who organises a protest. And it isn’t because they are Laburisti, but because no one loves a troublemaker.

Dhalt biex naqra x’tghid il-mozzjoni imfassla mill-amministrazzjoni u li se jivvutaw fuqha id-delegati tal-partit , u ma sibt xejn.

Toni Abela tkellem fuq xi haga li jaf biha hu, u xi erba tar-raba sular. Tawhom kopja tal-mozzjoni lil-gurnalisti? Jew ahjar, talbu kopja tal-mozzjoni is-suppost gurnalisti?

La Toni tkellem fuq il-mozzjoni, mela suppost lesta.

Dawn x’affarijiet huma? Qed nitkellmu fuq mozzjoni meta ma nafu xejn x’tghid il-mozzjoni.

Din bhal-kuntratt li ghamel il-gvern ma’ Henley and Partners, hadd ma jaf x’hemm miktub fih , u kullhadd jitkellem fuqu.

Il-famuza “roadmap” kullhadd jitkellem fuqha u hadd ma jaf li raha jew qraha.

Jitnejku bina f’wiccna u ahna nkomplu maghhom!

The only thing anyone needs to know about Lino Spiteri is that he supported Mintoff through his worst excesses. Anything he says should be seen in that context.

If selling passports really were such a brilliant brainwave, all the other EU member states would be doing it. But they aren’t.

If you’re a man, and not yet 40, there’s always the Foreign Legion.

When the PN were in government, although I did not agree with all the decisions taken, life could go on. You never expected any major disruptions and you could go to bed and wake up the next morning without worrying what news you’ll be hearing the next day.

My God, how things have changed in just 10 months. I’ve got this knot in the bottom of my stomach which can never go away.

I’m always encouraging my kids to study and when they are old enough to go and study abroad in another EU state to experience life outside the shores of our little rock.

Don’t tell me that they won’t be able to do that as EU citizens.

We started our family after Malta became an EU member as I always aspired to be able to give my kids an EU citizenship, not just Maltese. And now we risk losing it all.

Mandy, some of us have jobs or status where, whilst not speaking in the name of our employer, could nonetheless be seen as unprofessional. One needs to fight in one’s name when the time is right.

When I have had to fight nepotism or government abuse I have used my own name and used the right channels to ensure that it does not happen to others. To imply that those using an alias is somehow cowardly is to misunderstand the reasons why people do this.

Stephen, as a 19 year old student myself, I can completely relate to your well-founded concerns.

I’ve always sensed an ulterior motive behind the sale of passports. With Muscat openly and brazenly defying the EP’s resolution it’s almost as though he wants them to boot us out in as little time as possible.

As it stands, the EU is the only bulwark protecting Malta from all sorts of human rights abuses sanctioned by previous Labour governments.

On the other hand, if he really does want to sell passports to make a quick buck, why would he want us out of the EU? A Maltese passport on its own is worth zilch to a foreign buyer. Potential buyers are only in it for EU citizenship.

Something doesn’t quite add up here.