2013 was the crucial election for Labour:

Any other election after that would not have been a clinch.

2013 was the only time left to reinvent themselves siperficially with the help of the remaining old guard in position.

They were desperate. They still are.

Difficult. When thinking back to the 1981 and 1987 slim majorities and Labour’s comeback, just 10 years after the PN had saved the country from the clutches of a dictator, an economic disaster and the possibility of a civil war, I despair.

Most of the switchers with a PN background will ultimately see sense. It will take much longer for the social climbing switchers with a Labour background who now think they’ve arrived.

Lack of democracy and the complete collapse of the rule of law never bothered the Maltese much. It was more the chocolates that had eventually tipped the scales.

All he said was: “Haqq al-L&%$” x’xghamilt b’idejja!”

Bear in mind that in 1987 almost 48% of the voting population voted for more of the same.

Unfortunately the two main political parties are held to different levels of scrutiny. Whereas we expect manna with barbecue sauce to fall from heaven when the PN are in power, we are content to just avoid being beaten up or our livelihood taken away when these scoundrels are in power.

The only way to break this cycle is to throw the law book at them once they lose power, because reconciliation does not work with these lowlifes .

It was so costed, concrete and doable, especially when I started having daily nightmares of getting shot for clipping a car mirror.

Maybe it’s all just a perception. After all, I failed to heed the warning shots fired into the air before the last election.

If Joey is ready to stand by his man and his man is a lying toad or a convicted gay criminal, it is time I stood away from him and stand by Conchita Wurst instead.

Good God, these politicians have got my neurones into such a mix that I should just retire home and watch Baby TV or Xarabank for a year or three.

Ciccio, mhux li kien, but I think we’ve got the bastards for another 8 years mate, and it’s downhill all the way.

U ghalxejn tipprova tispjegalhom, ghaliex cwiec kienu, ghadhom, u jibqghu sa l-ahhar tad-dinja.

Hopefully a few years of a Labour government will show them for what they truly are and will put them back in Opposition for another 25 years.

As much as it seems things cannot be worse, I’m afraid we would have been on track for something even worse five years down the line.

Eventually a change of government is inevitable. I cannot see how five (or ten) more years in Opposition would have made Labour any better.