People were so keen on Muscat at the outset, and any criticism was policed and bullied away with accusations of negativity.

I know this through direct experience. This website, for a start, has seen a massive surge in readership and people are sharing posts by the thousand. Before, people were frightened or embarrassed to so much as admit to reading it – because the rubbish Labour Party full of crooks and hamalli had made it seem like I was the persona non grata and the one in the wrong.

I distinctly recall John Dalli on Super1 TV extolling the merits of gas-fired power stations similar to the one being proposed by Labour. We were then in the thick of the electoral campaign.

He also stated that he had proposed such a plant way back to Lawrence Gonzi but he regretted it was turned down.

He was boasting that time had confirmed the need for such a power station as it marked the epitome of modern technology and the defence of the atmosphere. He cited a number of northern European and Scandinavian countries to prove his point.

Now that PN has presented the original 2009 proposal it would be interesting, as the next step, to know who was behind it. Especially if such person, company or other entity is somehow “politically exposed”.

They had actually camouflaged that by proposing two storage tanks on land (daqs zewg koppli tal-Mosta, remember) which the PN strongly criticised.