Berlusconi’s funniest:

When they ask me to go home and stay there, they should specify which one of the twenty I own.

Snigger.

I say that history is a parallel reflecting ours. From integration to independence to the republic, Malta’s path followed closely Italy’s capacity to keep all her political spectrum inside the western hemisphere. Even if it was perversely the other way.

The moment the PC cut itself off the Warsaw Pact when Hungary was run over, Malta became the next best thing.

It’s still to be seen what role Malta played in Moro’s assassination. Moro was key to the republic, he also warned against the rise of Ghaddafi.

The greatest absent from Mintoff’s deluge is Berlinguer, Moro’s partner against the BR.

No need to mention where those got their money from.

Muscat was rich before he entered politics. Not at Berlusconi level, but he had an excellent start in life. And he’s one of those annoying people who’ve always had everything handed to them: money, job, positions, titles, wife. No wonder he’s snide.

You’re absolutely right, Neo. The Nationalist Party has managed this before. They only need to relearn what they knew. But first they need to convince themselves once and for all that times are as dire as 2003, or worse. This is 1986, ladies and gentlemen.

Barra! Barra! Barra!

The echo of those words has resounded down the decades. Now they need repeating.

The country needs another movement. A Moviment. A counter-movement to the obscene Taghna Lkoll. We need a Movement of Decent Citizens.

People want and need remedial action not rhetorical sermons. Every time I hear and see him speak, the similarity and likeness is so striking that in certain instances they even proclaim the same promises, the same words, the same style. I cannot determine who is imitating who, so much is the likeness.

Berlusconi is a different case altogether. He entered politics to defend his commercial interests and not end up like his great friend Craxi and other businessman who got embroiled in Mani Pulite. He has been doing so for more than 20 years and in the process, has presided over the decline of Italy. He is facing other very serious charges and will probably be convicted again now that he has lost the power to enact ad hominem laws to help him out. A veritable disgrace if ever there was one.

What a gimmicky way to fish for votes.

Actually, Andreotti was found guilty of being associated with the Mafia by the Palermo Court of Appeal but by the time of the verdict, the charge was time-barred.

Neither the prosecution nor the defence appealed the judgment to the Cassation court and so, it became definitive.

But he was not exonerated from the charge. And his close collaborators in Sicily such as Salvatore Lima (assassinated by the Mob) and the Salvo cousins were closely associated with the Mob.

Jozef, you are 50% right in that the real leaders were De Gasperi and his sidekick Andreotti.

The fact that Aldo Moro ended up a corpse in the boot of a Renault 4 proves my point.

The compromesso storico was utterly unacceptable for the CIA and for Andreotti.

Hence the tragic ending.

I would like to elaborate but I do not think this is a suitable forum.

Politics came late in life for Berlusconi and he did not adapt very well to the new role as representative of the country.

Muscat was a total nobody before he entered politics so I fail to understand what makes him so snide.