The least – and the proper – thing you could do is to vote on what politicians do. If, that is, you are observant enough to follow the course of politics.

The term ‘floater’, incidentally, always reminds me of very unsavoury objects occasionally seen on the surface of the sea.

Bl-istess argument tieghu, min jahseb li n-Nazzjonalisti gabu hafna gid, u mhux kastig, ghal Maltin kollha ghandu jivvota lil PN biex jirringrazzjahom.

I learned what the right of free speech was, when once I could walk freely in our streets holding the “In-Nazjon” without anyone hurling insults at me.

I discovered given the right of free assembly and I could join my father at meetings and other party events without fear of repression by the police or other MLP thugs.

I was given the right to education. My school was never closed down again and I could get into university on my own merits rather than through the assistance of a “parrinu” or other political connections.

Most importantly, I was finally recognised as a European citizen, with all the rights (and obligations) that this entails. I was treated by my European peers as an equal and I could freely enjoy my rights, knowing that never again, would any government, be able to deprive me of them.

All this and more, much more.

Admittedly, Malta was not heaven on earth. Yet it is a far cry from what Malta used to be before 1987. Towards the end of the last 25 years of “punishment”, I could openly critisise my own democratically elected government, without fear of being singled out for retribution by uniformed thugs, being locked up in the police depot, and being found a few days later shot dead in a ditch.

No, these last 25 years were not years of punishment. But if this is what punishment entails, then please, bring it on.

Judging by the level of obesity in Malta, ranking as it does in first place, that is out of a total of 28 Member States, yes, one can deduce that the 25 years of PN government were indeed years of hardship and starvation.

It was under the PN that he got his Masters and his PhD (?). His great admirer Aaron-Six-Degrees managed to move up the Intellectual Ladder (being ironic here, mind you) under consecutive PN governments, as many of the other Pl Elves did. The younger generation within the PL itself are better off now thanks to the PN, including their Leader. Punishment indeed.

Just over a year under Joey ta’ Kastilja and we got only 2cents worth of nothing while the authentic Evil Klikk got thousands of euros paid the taxes of us hardworking mortals.

It deserved much worse than a PN government.

I would say it got away lightly.