Publicly “compromise” and appear to be generous. Speak of greatness, focus on the principles rather than the specifics of the acts themselves. Use difficult vocabulary. Publicly denounce the competition’s actions, mention how they are so hard to fix but how it will be possible to do so anyway because of how great your party is.

Builds up a rabid fanbase in no time.

You wouldn’t consider Pawlu Lia to be unintelligent? He’s the one who devised that cunning scheme to have the court declare me ‘not a journalist’. The idiot hadn’t even bothered to read the law first on the right to protection of sources, which doesn’t even refer to journalists.

He might be an opportunist. I wouldn’t consider Pawlu Lia to be unintelligent, for instance. Same goes for Robert Musumeci, who is the best example of an opportunist.

Once the Attard branch had been closed 15 months prior to the issue of the info reports, the address of this branch would have been removed from template addresses. In other words, Tonna’s and Cini’s explanation is downright ludicrous.

HSBC should have immediately come out with a statement.

Now is already too late.

HSBC is an international bank, and the government of Malta has absolutely no say in the way things are done there. The government of Malta cannot pick and choose the chairman, directors, chief officers etc.