This explains why it has historically always tended to be on the wrong side of history.

It also explains why Labour remains a fish out of water in the EU which is founded on the common good and the pooling of sovereignty.

Traditionally it thrived on pitting the “working” class against the enterprising rest. This time round its “appeal” was based on pandering to the various interest groups and minorities which collectively led to a landslide.

Again the motivation is egoistic but the target has shifted and been broadened. The “movement” is nothing more than a hotch-potch of self-interests.

The common good has always been an alien concept to Labour. Self-interest is generally satisfied at the expense of the common good, hence the general feeling of regression and malaise among those still capable of looking beyond the tip of their noses.

We have a big problem in this country and it will only go away until we stop thinking like desperate idiots and say “No” to the celebrating of a Human Rights violator.

When we criticise Mintoff, we get bombarded by horrid people who threaten us with all sorts of things. We are then told that we shouldn’t say bad things about Mintoff because , “you know how they get when you do that”

That is exactly the same thinking people expressed after the Charlie Hebdo attacks. These people were wrong on both occasions.

I think it is quite apt that there is a parallel to be drawn between Islamic Fundamentalists and the PL. There is something of the religious surrounding Mintoff. Sure the PN admire Dr Fenech Adami, but that is the admiration of a man who we know fought against the odds and won. With Mintoff, its a totally different story.

In the US politicians make it a point to mention God from time to time because that wins them votes. In Malta, the PL has to mention Mintoff because it wins them votes. He is used in much the same way, as if doing so makes what you are automatically good. This is strange because this is a man who violated human rights and got away with it.

I also think there is something very wrong with certain people who join the Labour Party because of this admiration and deification of Mintoff, mainly because of the sort of reaction one gets when you insult him.

You know what they say. If insults are all it takes to upset your value system, then it clearly isn’t all that stable to begin with. But then when it comes to Malta, we think it doesn’t apply. It does.

I think that the Labour Party recruits like a sect or cult. I think it fosters the same irrational ideals and the belief that being part of the party will secure your life, and anyone against it is a threat to your life. I believe that Mintoff’s ghost will haunt Malta for at least another two generations, until some clever clogs shows up to take his place.