That bracelet was given to Ministru Mallia l-Majjal by Faithful Kangaroo Jeffrey Curmi in appreciation for promoting him Commander AFM and for giving him enough spring to his kangaroo leaps to the rank of Brigadier. He made it out of his AFM belt. Ah, kemm jinhabbu dawn tal-Labour.

Oh, I thought it looked more like my cat’s collar.

When he found it wouldn’t fit on his leg he slipped it onto his wrist.

B’daqshekk miskin.

It’s not working.

2 euros? More like 2c, and only because it’s a saving on a litre of petrol.

With Manwel Mallia it was not a ‘choice’.

It’s a method that worked in the Roman Republic of ancient times.

Cato the Elder is reputed to have frequently ended his speeches in the Roman Senate with the words: ‘Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam’, i.e. ‘moreover, I consider that Carthage must be destroyed’, even when his speech had been totally unrelated to Roman foreign policy towards the rival city of Carthage.

The repeated phrase was a continuous reminder to the Romans what and who their enemy was. The repeated phrase about the mishaps of the present administration will remind most Maltese where the source of their troubles lay.