Yes, the sample is in Labour strongholds. But each voter is an individual. He has a mind of his own. You can well assume that the chance of someone changing his mind in one half of the population is very close to the other half.

Alfred Sant, Joseph Muscat, Eddie Fenech Adami, Marie Louise Coleiro, Ugo MIfsud Bonnici and George Abela haven’t got their statue yet because they’re still alive.

Statues are erected to people when they die.

Yes, there are local issues involved – Marsascala /Birzebbuga – which does not necessarily mean that these people will confirm their vote in a general election.

Yes, there was a hunting referendum being carried out concurrently which could have influenced the result.

Yes, I agree that statistics can be misleading, but 75% of half of the population is a bloody good sample.

And if:

a. Maltatoday manage to predict results with a 3000 sample (except for the referendum);

b. Thee Malta Independent get close with just a 500 sample.

Why can’t I get an indication with a sample of over 100,000?

Yes, the rate with which the voters will change parties will change month by month.

Yes, the reasons for which voters will change the way they vote will change month after month.

But reducing the gap by 8500 per year (that is 4250 voters per year) is on the right track.

I am not off the mark in this case.

Hope they find a wide enough piazza for Marie Louise Coleiro.

It is one of the cornerstones which gave Labour its victory because discussing (and ridiculing) people is easier for small minds than discussing issues.

On the subject of major issues, April has come and gone and I have not seen the major information campaign about the bus service we were promised.

What I am seeing is turquoise, white and white and green busses on the roads and nothing new. Soft launch turned out to mean ‘tal-bicca’.

But all this must be fine now because it is Labour who is doing it!

We will eventually have statues of Joseph Muscat, Alfred Sant, Eddie Fenech Adami, Ugo Mifsud Bonnici, George Abela and Marie Louise Coleiro in various parts of Malta.

And you most certainly can’t then take a ‘gap-closing’ rate and apply to the next few years, year on year.

None of that makes sense, sorry.