Very creditably indeed. Like her very creditable sundress and the creditable spoiled-tart way in which she gave a press conference at Hay Wharf during the Libyan crisis, talking about exit wounds as if they were her Prada handbag.

I think not.

When did I ever mention political affiliation? I’ve gone hoarse trying to make you understand this: in Malta, it is not about political affiliation. There is a circle of friends that includes everyone.

Vanessa Frazier was part of this circle from the word go. Her rise and rise was helped along by Gonzi’s catastrophically bad judgement of competence.

Or perhaps you’re like most of the Maltese, for whom “good at her job” means “can read, write and spell.”

The Foreign Minister’s wife is a sister to Vanessa Frazier’s mother. But I do not think political affiliation ever played a part in her choice as ambassador. She is just good at her job. I have had the occasion to work with her and she is a professional diplomat who takes her job seriously and who represents Malta creditably.

Super One is a war machine, isn’t it? I’m sure Rasmussen was ‘impressed’ by H.E. Ray Azzopardi’s CV.

Rasmussen would have been delighted to see a section in the CV entitled “Il-Partnership L-Ahjar Ghazla” and sub-titled “Il-Partnership Rebah.” He would have thought it dealt with some successful propaganda campaign about the Partnership for Peace in which H.E. Azzopardi was involved as a compere.

“Co-ordinator for security in national events” would be Muscat’s adaptation of Mintoff’s kicking upstairs a displaced Commissioner of Police as a Colonel i/c a Task Force. Let us wait with bated breath for the rank apportioned to some co-ordinator i/c SWAT or something similar.

Not too sure that she’s appreciative of the trust Gonzi showed in her. I am told that she has, since, passed a number of unexpected declarations about Dr. Gonzi and the Nationalist Party. Times change and so do alliances, at least for those who will stop at nothing to achieve their goals.

What will happen of the person appointed to deal with CHOGM security?

Oh and before I forget: the fact that she was Prime Minister Gonzi’s key choice reveals just what abysmally poor judgement skills he had. Thankfully, he’s out of the game now.

I know there is a certain loyalty between colleagues, and a reticence to be invidious, but to call her “outstanding” is a trifle over the top. She’s a consummate careerist, a pushy woman and incredibly well-connected, which just makes her very lucky, not outstanding.

Yes, she is now, wonder of wonders, ambassador in Rome. But then, minister George Vella is her uncle.

Well, there was Vanessa Frazier.