Oh yes they did a big thing right: EU membership.

The reason I don’t go into politics is that I would only obtain fifty votes max. That’s fifty, not fifty per cent.

Baxxter, the Nationalist Party never did one thing right when in government, in your view. Now even in Opposition it seems to be the same. Oh my goodness, why is it that people like you don’t take the plunge and go into politics?

In the UK the pardon of a witness for the prosecution is often called King’s or Queen’s evidence. It seems logical that if such a pardon is subject to conditions which are not adhered to by the witness, such a pardon can be revoked.

In the US there are two types of similar pardons, one absolute and the other limited as the witness just can’t be convicted on the baiss of his own testimony. The former is called transactional immunity, while the the latter is called derivate use immunty.

Dear Eddy,

I’m sorry but you are out of line. George Farrugia is not the PN nor part of the PN or of any PN government. His behaviour doesn’t make the PN corrupt.

There is absolutely no indication that any PN minister or prime minister was bribed. If there was indeed corruption of that sort, then what would have kept the police from immediate action, especially under a Labour government?

We can talk about ethics forever, but questionable ethics do not constitute a crime, bribery or corruption.

We cannot say the same about Lorry Sant and Labour’s “bella compania” in government in the 1970s and 1980s. Now that really was corruption, blatant and outrageous corruption.

Enjoy your retirement in peace, Eddy, reaping the fruits of 25 years of PN governments.

In your place I would question the timing of the publication of those emails about two football match tickets, by Saviour Balzan’s newspaper, when in parliament we are supposed to discuss the energy deal.

Historically it was the King’s prerogative and therefore his decision, nowadays we live by the rule of law, which has not foreseen this circumstance. As the dean of the faculty of law has stated, “interesting”.

‘Dear’ Eddy, have you understood what this is about?

I very much doubt it. Please read it a few more times in order to measure the import of its content.

Not unless the President knows her way in the specifics of a presidential pardon – or, failing that, she is guided by real legal experts.

And the Nationalist Party are not helping themselves. They still carry the Pavlovian tag of corruption in people’s minds. Instead of taking advantage of their electoral loss to make a clean sweep and herald a new party and a new way of doing politics, they closed up on themselves and retreated to their HQ.

They need openness and transparency. About everything. Including – especially – who they are in debt to and by how much. It has been said that the truth sets you free. The Nationalist Party certainly don’t look like they’re free. They look like they’re scared of some terrible truth being revealed.

Labour, of course, give us the full frontal, in-your face version of corruption. So they are seen as the ones telling the truth, and the ones who have nothing to hide.

I don’t know who is advising the Nationalist Party but they should be sacked. Fancy not giving any advice on the psychology of politics.

After decades of a rapidly falling tiger population, the Indian government now reports that its seven-year-old conservation programme is paying dividends.

Over the past three years years, the tiger population has increased by 30%; from 1,706 in 2011 to 2,226 in 2014.

Conservation does work, but it requires effort, initiative and proper enforcement. Vote No in the referendum and we’ll have more birds flying over Malta in a few years time.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30896028

Last time Dr Joseph Zarb Adami gave a press conference after the untimely death of a patient (when the helicopter could not land because of an irregularly parked car) he said that the patient would have died anyway. One wonders what he would have said if it was a close relative of his.