The Vauxhall was stopped in Tal-Qroqq tunnels after 20:00 hrs. At that time in an outside location, it usually is dark, however the tunnels are well lit with halides and there were several policemen from the RIU present on the scene.

It is also plainly evident from the media footage that there were several other people in plain clothes present in that tunnel following its closure to traffic after the incident.

The location is paramount as it is well lit.

You could be forgiven missing the bullet holes if you were out in the dark (although members of the RIU are equipped with powerful torches) but you cannot miss those bullet holes when inspecting the scene in such a well lit area.

Eventually he will discover that this is not so.

In the meantime he is making a bloody fool of himself, his government and his party every other day.

He has become a huge embarrassment for the entire executive and for Malta.

A successful criminal defence lawyer has to be proficient in histrionics and the art of bamboozling a bored jury anxious to go back home.

That is a skill that would be very useful also in politics to bamboozle a bored electorate anxious to try something new for a change.

They’re not past the 22-month itch that sent Sant to the country. No harm in dreaming I suppose.

A Maltese proverb: “Isma’ bil-fors. Emmen jekk trid” (jew jekk int iblah).

Translated: You may have to listen, but you believe only what you want to believe (unless you are a credulous fool).

Yet there are still PN supporters moaning that the Nationalist Party “ma qdiehomx”.

I think many of these supporters, unfortunately, do not realise how bad things really are.

There can be no doubt that the press statement was drafted by Kurt Farrugia or Silvio Scerri or Ramona Attard (or all together perhaps – a ménage à trois of sorts) and passed on. The Department of Information simply pressed the “send” button.

Note that the Prime Minister refers to the “Dipartiment tal-Komunikazzjoni tal-Gvern” and not to the “Dipartiment tal-Informazzjoni”. When someone in the Prime Minister’s position wants to refer to the Department of Information they use the specific title; it’s not a natural reaction to give another title to such a commonly discussed entity.

So the car was moved before the magistrate made it to the scene.

The picture of Sheehan on his mobile phone could answer the PN’s questions.