Trust them to get it all wrong.

The Grandmaster’s Palace, Valletta should be given the dignity it merits devoid of offices and turned back into the jewel it truly is. That was the plan.

San Anton Palace, on the other hand, should be left as the President’s residence and visitors should just enjoy the public part of the gardens, which should be given the botanical aspect they once had.

Luts sii wot kitsch suvinirs she mejk tu.

I hope ample parking arrangements will be provided. St. Anthony Street is already chaotic as is. Ask the residents.

That Florianizi should continue to insist relentlessly on this awful mistake may be somehow excused but the Head of State should not, in my opinion, repeat historical blunders. We know nothing about Publius the “protos” other than what is recounted in Acts.

There is zero evidence that he was ever baptized or ordained bishop of Malta: all is pure fantasy. He could not have been Saint Publius as this Publius (quite common Roman “nomen”) was bishop of Athens and died some 70 years after Saint Paul’s landing on Malta.

Professor Anthony Bonanno writes: “The tradition of the appointment of Publius as the first bishop of Malta…is the result of a confusion with another Publius, bishop of Athens, several generations later. And it would serve no purpose to continue to uphold it”. [Malta Phoenician, Punic and Roman p. 200].

I think it is reasonable for us to expect the Head of State to know the history of the country of which she is first citizen.

Incidentally, when Saint George Preca (relative by marriage to Her Excellency) was canonized, some protested that he was called the first Maltese saint as, it was claimed, it is Saint Publius who deserves this appellation.

It takes more than a financial consideration for such a place to be opened to the public. Who is Tarzan and who is Jane in this Labour jungle?

My, my. I just asked because Dolores Cristina would have been better than Mrs Muscat. That’s all. Relax.