Gland Bustingfield’s got a big scoop: Simon Busuttil went to the barber

Bustingfield and his boss are beginning to show signs of botheration that Busuttil has got hair and use for a barber. As one woman commented beneath his post, “Almenu ma juzax spray biex taparsi ghandu xaghar”. She could have added “jew parokka”.

Hair and the absence of it appear to be a really big deal with Labour leaders. Muscat seems to have even more anxiety about it than his predecessor did. Sant wore and still wears that ridiculous heavy wig, but Muscat actually had a scalp lift and, when it failed, used spray-on hair to bulk out the remains.

Now Muscat has given up. He’s in far too prominent a position to attempt a majorly successful hair transplant like Malta’s most famous opera singer. He can’t afford the time off, he can’t carry off the bandana look which Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi adopted after his, and he’d be ribbed to death in Malta, which would make him feel vulnerable.

In any case, things have now gone too far and short of getting a couple of addresses and telephone numbers from one A. Sant, there’s not much he can do about it.

It’s OK to be bald – most men are, round here – and displaying resentment towards your rival’s hair is a little bit Marlene-Mizzi-in-the-playground.

Busy putting a hex on Busuttil and hoping his hair will fall out before they face the electorate in a year’s time