Thank you PB and Rumplestiltskin.

Zibel u demel int li qieghed tindirizzani b’hekk. Iva nibqa nghid dak li nhoss u mhux se tigi zibel bhalek tindahali

What other way is there to vote? Isn’t that the whole point of one citizen, one vote, viz. personal benefit for the citizen?

You could argue that the stupid and the uninformed will have the wrong set of personal benefits. But that’s another issue altogether, and it inevitably leads to some very un-PC solutions.

I didn’t vote for the EU because of some high-brow or selfless ideal of gid ghal uliedi. I voted for myself. Ditto for every election in which I voted to keep Labour out of power. Not that I benefited personally from the other lot – I’ve been shafted by PN and Labour policies and politicians alike. But I will always vote against the party that 1) tried to deny me a European passport 2) destroyed my European identity in the last fifty years.

So in the end, it’s still about myself and my personal benefits.

Possibli hawn daqshekk injoranza f’dan il-pajjiz . Jesmond Muscat int veru miskin u hamallu bil-provi.

The guy leaves, but he is curious, so he goes back into the bar. The robot bartender says, “What will you have?” The guy says, “Martini”. Again, the robot makes a great martini, gives it to the man and says, “What’s your IQ?” The guy says, “100.” The robot then starts to talk about football, TV series and gossip.

The guy leaves, but finds it very interesting, so he thinks he will try it one more time. He goes back into the bar. The robot says, “What will you have?” The guy says, “Martini”, and the robot brings him another great martini. The robot then says, “What’s your IQ?” The guy says, “Uh, about 50.”

The robot leans in real close and says, “So… you are you going to vote Labour again?”

Spot on, Lomax.

He’s probably referring to the money he paid voluntarily to the government, because he could actually afford it, to buy a second hand BMW (which has become the new Escort Mk1). And now he wants the money back.

Pity he will have to wait 7 years of trickling for it.

Baxxter: I m sure there are very rich people in Malta, but to be honest, I never experienced a huge difference between me and my friends who lived in a flat in Birkirkara, San Gwann or Siggiewi.

But there is no point in discussing it all. We need to know once and for all what wealth distribution is like in Malta. We need facts and figures, not perceptions.

Maybe plural of ghonq (neck). Maybe his collar is getting dirty. This man has his own vocabulary and grammar.

That is excellent analysis Lomax, I enjoyed reading your comment.