At first glance I thought is was an article about the PL parliamentary group.

Now I expect the civil protection, the police and the health authorities to carry out a drill for the moment when Joseph Muscat and Konrat Mizzi will hit the wall running. Perhaps it can be organised in Republic Street, Valletta, at about noon on a weekday or a Saturday morning.

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20141107/local/national-ebola-drill-underway-victim-being-transported-to-hospital.543046

Done. Has The Times moderator banned Astrid Vella from the comments board?

Just look at the comments.

‘…while people who are caught with a joint will not suffer their whole life, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said this evening….’

Nothing new there, people caught with a joint do NOT suffer their whole life. Perhaps the PM might care to distinguish between de facto tolerance and legimitising drug use.

That is when he doesn’t need another distraction, Xarabank, Times Talk and Maltatoday fully booked until Christmas.

Xi Jinping signed that infamous agreement with Muscat in 2010.

The tactic of speaking to affiliated political parties was very much in vogue during the Cold War – particularly to subvert the apparatus of state and avoid public scrutiny (a Ministerial delegation is always subject to parliamentary scrutiny whilst a party delegation isn’t).