From now on, watch what these three do, because they have clearly been bought off

While other cabinet ministers have largely disappeared from view, Tourism Minister Edward Zammit Lewis has stayed loyal to the Prime Minister (so no news there). But we are now seeing Justice Minister Owen Bonnici and Economy Minister Chris Cardona – both disreputable men, the latter far worse than the former – emerge almost overnight as the Prime Minister’s supporting bookends.

The Minister for the Economy (right), Chris Cardona, with an unidentified woman at Hugo’s Lounge

Owen Bonnici, the Minister of Justice, with the most notorious member of the cabinet

The Tourism Minister, Edward Zammit Lewis