BROTHELGATE: Naked government minister has shoulder tattoo

When the Minister for the Economy, Chris Cardona, emerged from the sauna shower in a German brothel last night, naked and blaspheming about the unsatisfactory water temperature, my source was surprised to see that he has a shoulder tattoo which he has kept carefully concealed from the electoral masses.

Meanwhile, I think we may have identified the “short, bald Maltese man” who accompanied the Economy Minister to the brothel, and with whom the Economy Minister had three-way sex with a prostitute. My source will not be able to see the photographs of this man until later on today, but I will let you know immediately I have confirmation from him.

This man, who Chris Cardona put on the state payroll in his private secretariat as a ‘person of trust’ and consultant, is a lawyer who has set up a law practice with two former propagandists who were for years employed by the Labour Party to work as newscasters and ‘reporters’ for its television station.

He does indeed look very much like Neville Gafa, and he is currently in Germany with the Economy Minister. This morning, this man’s Facebook page suddenly disappeared off-line, and my calls to him on his mobile phone have gone unanswered. I have sent him a message, saying: “This is Daphne Caruana Galizia, trying to reach you for comment”. He has not rung or messaged back yet.

Chris Cardona, the Minister for the Economy, deep in conversation with Prime Minister Joseph Muscat. Cardona’s naked prancing in a German brothel last night reveals him to have a tattooed shoulder.