We have a government of sixth-formers, dilettanti, not even amateurs.

It is becoming more evident how erroneous Muscat`s judgments are and how evil all the Labour promises meant to insult the intelligence of people and abuse of their incredulity.

Konrad Mizzi is accelerating the rate at which he is being confirmed as a misfit in politics. He has no idea of the meaning of a Ministerial appointment.

He has no idea of what it means to be a Minister and the responsibility that office entails.

Had he been a professional politician he would to say the least have changed his portfolio.

It is no longer the day of the captain that goes down with the ship. These are the days in which captains who do not know what it means to be a captain have to go and the ship will be saved.

At the rate with which the truth about his misinformation, insult to the electorate and the intelligence of the nation, it is high time for him to go rather than endure the fate of entering the annals of history as the fabricator of fibs and lies the likes of which this country has never known.

True. Pensions are worked out on the basic salary. True also that it was the previous administration which made provision for tax to be paid on “perks” for two obvious reasons.

The first is that the Income Tax Act made provisions for this but was never quite implemented.

The second, from experience at the Inland Revenue, it was scandalous to read and see what was being hidden under the carpet of “perks” and the way figures were so blatantly manipulated.

In short it all goes to show what a serious administration we had when Gonzi and his predecessors were in power for 25 years, compared to the scandalous behaviour of the present administration in less than 20 months.

Harmony.

Again, BASIC salary, not NET you NIT!

This time, for once, you might not be right.

Just try including the perks when working out your two-thirds pension. It is worked out on your basic salary, and it is only recently that these have to be included in your tax return.

NET pay, and BASIC pay are not the same, Silvio.

When stating your basic pay you could be forgiven for not including government bonuses, fuel allowance etc, but you would always state your actual pay before any deductions for tax and NI.

You know this, of course. Stop trying to justify the unjustifiable.

What a bunch of parasites.