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Fomm, coalition in Malta, is a castle built on sand. And you know why? Malta isn't being led by politicians, but by businessmen and industrialists! So, it's useless having a third party. As Saviour said, who's going to invest in a third party? As for the box of chocolates, I think you should buy it for yourself, JM doesn't need your box of chocolates. If to you he's a kid, to most of the Maltese, even PN, JM is the alternative prime minister. And like it or not, he'll be yours too!

Saviour I am grateful for the chance to express an opinion, there is no other media in Malta that offers this opportunity without restrictions. Salgister, a third party in the Maltese parliament would be needed to form a coalition....DAH !!!! To the rest, we can now agree to disagree about a third party but at least wE now know what to get Joseph Muscat for Christmas. A BOX OF CHOCOLATES.

The coalition of Conservatives and Liberals is a break from the past allright ! Teachers, office workers and the middle classes are leaving the Liberal party in droves! Nick Clegg their leader is an other closet conservative, and many people in London think that he will be soon be jumping to the conservative side. How can one be green/ liberal and conservative at the same time? Can someone, explains this to me?

Fomm, I've never even once, mentioned coalition. You're jumping from one stepping stone to another to justify your argument about a third party. I see that you took my advice and visited a psychiatrist. Pity he's deeply in need of some pyschiatric help himself if he you told not to read my messages. Seems he has failed because you answered just the same. Mentioning British Politics won't solve our local problem. As south said, we're unique, and we have everything the Maltese Way, irrespective of whether we are in the EU or not.

@Salgister QUOTE:You're all the time proposing a third party here in Malta. I agreed with you there.Are you trying to introduce anarchy on our island? COMMENT: Quite extreme...Anarchy at this day and age. Here's another quote from the Independent of 18 Ocotber 2010 by Mary Ann Sieghart: A sprinkling of decency over politics One of the reasons why I was relieved to stop writing about politics in June 2007 was that I could see a Government coming that would be nasty and brutish. (Luckily it was also quite short.) Gordon Brown was a bully and a thug, and some of the people around him were even worse. One of the reasons why I am enjoying writing about politics again is that Brown has gone and the Coalition has brought a return to civilised ways of doing politics On the other side of the House, the constraints of coalition have also helped to civilise politics. It is much harder to plot and scheme when everything has to be argued out with members of a different party and held up against a written Coalition agreement. Cameron and Clegg genuinely trust each other. Ministers have been surprised to find disagreements don't tend to run along party lines; they more often pit, say, Chris Huhne, Ken Clarke and Dominic Grieve against Liam Fox, Owen Paterson and Danny Alexander. So there is no room for the traditional party rivalry. And, for the moment at least, there isn't much factionalism inside the Conservative Party either, except for the occasional – and predictable – David Davis eruption. The Coalition is going to have to do horrible things, not least this week. But there's still a sense among voters that the style in which it's doing them is a refreshing break from the past. In the outside world, we are all used to having to compromise with other people at work, to create a consensus from many viewpoints, and it has always seemed absurd that politicians were instead obsessed with magnifying differences between each other. Now, at last, they are working together. That my friend is the view from England's political coalition. So I visited my physciatrist and he warned me to stop reading your rubbish.

Fomm, you're always comparing what happens in Malta with what happens in other countries....waste of time, Malta is unique, NOBODY does it like us Maltese. Forget about Saviour, forget about Claire, who backed off when the going got tough with regards to Ic Caqnu and forget about a third party, THAT involves too much work and too much money.....find a couple of independent individuals and persuade them to run for office.....one of them being Josie Muscat, then go from there. Like I said before, if the two small parties couldn'r break through in 2008 they'll never succeed.

Oh, Claire Bonello from AD you mean. She's quite a nice person. But, do you think that any politician in Malta would do anything to tarnish any image created by an opponent? Anyway. Malta is not isolated from the world, so what's wrong in copying ideas from other countries. We've been doing it since time immemorial. Is it wrong now? I've read that article, as I've read any article written by Ms. Bonello. Nothing new. Only served you just to refresh your ammo. As for me being mentally impaired, I think you should better head off to the nearest psychiatrist. Maybe he'll cure you of your acute paranoia.

To all who cares about this country, I have just read this brilliant opinion from the Times of Malta by the amazing Claire Bonello. The borrowing has not been restricted to the British political scene. Muscat’s call for people to sign up to a new “movement” is an echo of Barack Obama’s campaign theme for a national umbrella movement for change. Again, it’s perfectly acceptable to take a successful slogan or idea and to make it one’s own, but there should be some form of input to try and make that slogan relevant to the local context. Otherwise the slogan sounds empty and simply does not resonate with audiences. In this case, I can’t see theMuscat movement idea catching on. That’s because he has not proposed any unifying cause to pull people together under one giant Labour umbrella. Rallying against the arrogance of the Nationalist government will not cut it. No matter how satisfying it is for people to let off steam between elections, I doubt this will translate into them flocking to Labour’s banner, especially as nobody has figured out what exactly it signifies (except that Labour is Not Nationalist). Because try as I might, I just can’t think of one inspiring proposal or initiative of the opposition which is indicative of the kind of unique vision which will get people to make that step away from ‘disgruntled’ voter status to Labour voter. Yes, there’s the anti-corruption drive, but I notice that voters have a sense of fatalism regarding corruption. They tend to believe that neither a Nationalist nor a Labour administration will eradicate it. A survey carried out last year bears this out. As for Muscat’s living wage proposal – that’s another example of Muscat borrowing from the British Labour Party. He appropriated Ed Milliband’s proposal without exerting himself unduly to work out the math to tell us how he would finance it to make it possible. All this leads me to conclude that the PL is drifting in a policy-free comfort zone, though admittedly a more media-friendly one. Maybe after all that cribbing from other parties’ soundbites, the Labour Party should take a look at what prominent political pundits had to say about rebranding exercises. Lord Saatchi, the advertising guru and former Conservative Party (joint) chairman, concluded that “nicey-nicey” campaigns were no substitute for firm policies on the economy. And even the master of spin himself – Peter Mandelson – had this to say about the Labour Party’s 1987 defeat: “Branding, image, marketing, could only do so much. It was the product that ultimately mattered – especially if the product was a set of policies on which voters would decide what kind of future they wanted, and what kind of government they trusted to deliver it.” Salgister, people like you are always looking for ways to protect the party they support for a hidden agenda. Frankly I consider your ilk, not brainwashed but politically mentally impaired. Saviour, Claire is someone you should take note of, becauuse she has a good head on her shoulders and GOD knows these people are rare in the Maltese political arena.

@Fomm Your pessimism regarding the PL really amazes me. You're trying to put the blame on the PL's defeat on Joseph, when all Malta knows why the PL was defeated at the last polls. We all know why Sant wasn't electable, not through a fault of his own. We all the demonization process had took hold of the Maltese regarding the PL. And it's still going on. It has even impressed itself on you. I can read that from your writing here. Yes, Malta will be facing a Greece if the PL is not elected. We're already late in the cure, but I hope it's not too late. Your hate, or should I say loathe to anything PL, has totally blinded you. I'm sorry, but that's how I'm reading your messages. You've not only an axe to grind, and a giant chip on the shoulder, but now I sense something ulterior in your motive. You're all the time proposing a third party here in Malta. I agreed with you there. But, as I repeatedly said, knowing Malta, it would only increase the polarisation here. The minority will rule the majority. It will hold no one accountable, but the door will be open to corruption. And what will that do to our country? We can't control the corruption on two parties, how could we control that of three? Are you trying to introduce anarchy on our island? Because it looks like you're just trying to do that. I'm not trying to preach that the PL is whiter than white, or the PN is the devil incarnate. What happened was that in 1998, something happened that changed the political scene. Where it was supposed to be the PN in opposition and have time to re-invent and evolve, the PN was thrown back into power without the chance of renewal, and the PL, was thrown into the Dark Ages suffering from a hard case of inferiority complex. Now the time has come for the PL to emerge and be the Labour that it once was. In Malta there is no third party, but at least we have the alternating process, which was thrown in disarray in 1998. Hope it will be back again on track.

Saviour you are a class act not like the leader of the NO Position and the reason I make that statement regards the way JM and his few nobodies around him who disrespected Dr.Sant and the whole party in the last election. Common sense does not need an axe to grind. Salgister to suggest that you know best in saying that Saviour will be a bad politician is absolute rubbish. just like your notion that a third party would be the minority ruling the majority, when in fact it would be the majority that would rule but the minority has the right to hold them accountable, which is something that is desperately needed in the administration of Malta. Have you taken a look at who has surrounded Mile End lately because I will guarantee you that Saviour Balzan has more political savvy in his right finger than that whole bunch of wannabees put together. Obviously because you figure that the PN are toast with the electorate, then it is Muscat's God given right to head the next government and nobody should dare suggest the possibility of a third party to have any rights to launch a campaign in the next election. This was a suggestion and not a dream however having said that let me assure you that if by some unknown reason Joseph Muscat and his political farce ever manage to be elected to lead this country, the repercussions in Malta will be worse than what Greece has witnessed. Anymore reasons as to why the need for a thrid party? Because the opposition is worse than the government, for a very simple reason. When it looked like the PL had a legitimate chance of recovering and win the last election, aided by the fact that the leader Sant was seriously ill and fighting for his life, winning the election took secondary importance to electing a new leader. A Coup that disrespected the Party, it's leader and most importantly its' membership who has donated thousands upon thousands of euros to support the PL and did not deserve to be threated and blinkered this way. Understand that the hard times that Maltese families are suffering today and for the next long while are only due to the arrogant ambitions of Joseph Muscat and his flock. Salgister, you seem to think that I am micing the times and the occurances, I suggest you look around Mile End and check the appointments and then verify who was resposible for the election defeat. As I had alread declared before Joseph Muscat at Mile End is part two of the movie FORREST GUMP. Visions of greatness by a politically impared mentality. Saviour, I did not expect you to agree to run for politics, where you could have been enermously beneficial if you supported a third party would be what you do best and that's journalism. You understand the need for a third party and I am sure you also comprehend that I have neither a hidden agenda nor do I wish to promote any of the third parties in existance. The chip on my shoulder that salgister refers to, is this. Can Malta survive with an administration led by Joseph Muscat and that hollow void that pretends to be a legitimate political surge of progressive and moderate movement, just by reading books about the campaigns of Obama and Blair and pasting them on their media. Time will be our judge because unless this country wakes up from its doldrums to realise that the cupboards are bare and rights for sustainable working and social conditions will soon be on the agenda, the future is clear, Europe and the EU are boiling over.

I have no intention of returning to the political arena. That was 14 years ago. In 1989 together with others I cofounded AD and spent nine years working day and night against all odds. But with regards to the last comment that Greens are right of centre, really if they are then where do we place the PL and the PN? Let us at least agree that the main reason the Greens never made it is not because of their arguments or lack of finances or innovative marketing - if there was any - but rather because of the electoral system. And back to the suggestion of a new party. Well it would make sense, but only if it had a new agenda to offer this country. But who would back this party? Who would finance it? Those questions are central before embarking on any silly notion for a third party.

B'apologija lil Ruzar Briffa. Fomm, tohlomx ghaliex il -holma tieghek dlonk tispicca fix-xejn....... bhal ma spiccat ta l-AD l-uniku Green Party li hu centru lemini flok centru xellugi u jikkritika hafna lix--xellug , ghax il-membri tieghu (li baqa) huma closet Nationalists, u biex ma jaqghux ghan -nejk fil-hajja socjali u professjonali tagghom, specjalment ma jsiefru, jghid li huma Greens! Nissugerillek li taqra Ecology for beginners ta Stephen Croall forma ta cartoons: ippublikat fil-1982

Fomm, what you're doing is only showing your helplessness in justifying your reasons for a third party. Your either deliberately mixing up dates, and timelines and ideals for that matter. Josie Muscat, if you wish to support him, (it's a free country anyway) for me is a fraud! Joseph Muscat, I already explained what are his aims, so I won't be repeating them. Your idea of a third party in Malta, is nothing short of blackmail. The minority rules the majority. We all know how politics work in Malta. I'm not saying that a tripartite is a no-go. But it's like from the frying pan into the fire. You know the adage "better the devil you know"! What I'don't like about your reasoning is the way you're trying to ridicule Joseph Muscat. Looks like you have an axe to grind with the PL, or you're carrying quite a gigantic chip on your shoulder. But one thing is certain. I'm sure that Joseph Muscat will be better than Gonzi. He can't be worse, because we are already at the worst of the situation in Malta. And by if we go by your logic, we would be digging a much deeper hole than you care to think. My nick has nothing to do with the prog on Super 1. In fact it's Sal-Gister, not like my nick. So please don't try to invent some connection, because there isn't, and there will never be!

@salgister One wonders if the name has anything to do with the programm on One TV and one who has an interest to see JM as PM. So I am not surprised that you are worried about a third party and decided to beciome JM floosie and mouthpiece. Joseph Muscat is the biggest fraud in Maltese politics. QUOTE:We can always look back and see what happened to Dr. Sant. COMMENT:And the final blow came from Joseph Muscat who along with his undergraduates and old labour were willing to loose the election to replace the leader that was fighting for his life. And that SALGISTER is how much class Joseph Muscat and his ILK has going for them or how much respect they have for their Laborite membership by choosing to keep the party in opposition.

Fomm and South. I read with attention your missives here. I don't quite agree with you on one important thing. All the time you're mentioning Josie Muscat. I wonder why? Another thing is, that I don't think that Saviour Balzan would be a good politician. I admire him very much for his outspokenness, but there it ends. He's not material for a politician. As a critic,hats off but I stop there. All the time, Fomm criticizing Joseph Muscat, as if he's PM. He's been leader of the Opposition for these last two years, and is already leaving his mark. His path is slow and dangerous, and he's playing his political game safely, knowing full-well that if he says something, he's sure that he'll be attacked from all sides of the pn's media machine. And we all know what that means. As we all know, how politics are evolving in Malta, and we had ample examples during the Sant years, it's better to leave everything for the run-up to the election, than stir the hornets' nests now! History can teach us many things about Malta's political scene and politicians. But I think, i can safely say, that Muscat is playing it safe, and for those who say that he's trying to stay on the fence, I think are mistaken. JM is being cautious for the reasons stated above. In Malta, the only politics that exist, are character assassinations and stultifying the opponents. We can always look back and see what happened to Dr. Sant. I think that's quite an example, that any political leader can look to, and learn!

My friend today you made me realise why these politicians have such an easy time brainwashing their electorate. I also realise why Malta gets the governments it truely deserves. In the words of William Wordsworth I bid you my final reply. "YOUR BOSOM'S WEIGHT; YOUR STUBBORN GIFT. THAT NO PHILOSOPHY CAN EVER LIFT" I sincerely thank you for your comments and remarks.

Fomm, forget the US coz you don't know what you're talking about...sorry. As for Malta, I stated my opinuion on how to elect, MAYBE, one candidate that does not belong to the two major parties. That is just a start, once you elect one you can try for two or three next election. Now I know that Maltese elections are sort of undemocratic, where a candidate rejected by his constituents, can be elected anyway on the coattails of another candidate who was elected in two districts....a mickey mouse set up if there ever was one. It's just that you have to stand before you can walk and I believe that a good candidate in a district, with the help of a Balzan and a lot of volunteers CAN be elected, even if it means getting the number two from PL/PN voters. You have to persuade the voters that you have two socialist parties passing on the debt they accumulate to them, their children and their grandchildren. ps check out Freddie Mac and Fanny Mae...the MAIN cause of the financial crisis in the US.

My friend South, I honestly cannot see clear your way of thinking. (1) Obama's deficits are a result of the two wars and the purchase of all the debts of the major banks, GM, AIG and other mortgage institutions that were on the verge of bankruptcy under the Bush administration. As a matter of fact most of that money will be recovered with a profit once the government starts selling back the shareholdings it acquired. That money was simply loans for ownership as collateral and talks are already underway to start selling the shares if general Motors and AIG. (2) This mess created one of the biggest recessions in history and the US government had to no choice other than to pump billions upon billions of dollars in infrastucture to keep the economy moving otherwise the recession would have turned the world into one of the greatest depression ever and to suggest that Obama was the culprit to all this is very unfair and not completely correct. However mistakes were made and this week the federal reaerve has announced that it will be buying other debts and be more accomodating due to the economy slowing down. (3) For example look at Greece. Are you suggesting that the mess in Greece is the result of the newlly elected Labour administration. (4) So what do you think will happen in Malta when the whole truth comes out about the country's financial situation. (5) If you want to compare the Maltese situation now, it is exactly what happened in Russia that went from Socialism to an open market economy and the well connected politicians and the oligarchs like GUSINSKY, KHODORKOVSKY, POTANIN AND SMOLENSKY bought everything in site on the cheap and left the Russian cupboard bare and the economy on its knees. PUTIN got elected, the oligarchs fled, Khodorkovsky was arrested and jaled and others sold the state assets back to the state. QUOTE:Now if Saviour wants to put his "media" at Josie's disposal, and use his influence to get him votes, all well and good. Other than that I don't see any hope at all for a third party to make any gains. Both major p[arties have too much to lose and will gang up on the newcomer. They cannot do that on an independent candidate. Look at what happened the last election....two parties ran candidates in a lot of districts and didn't even come close. COMMENT: That kind of campaign is so very wrong because a third party needs to contest 2 or 3 different districts with at least 3 candidates. The Maltese system is so undemocratic that half the MP's are elected feeding pf one another, therefore if you run only one candidate and he does not reach a quota his votes are lost. If you contest three they will feed off each other and hopefully one will reach the quota. YOU CANNOT BE SURE UNLESS YOU TRY and it is better to try and fail rather than sit idle by and watch the Maltese society in this country continue to be abused.

Mr. Fomm, YOU are off the mark when it comes to Barak Hussein Obama. There is no way on God's earth that the Maltese voters will elect three MPs not affiliated with the two main parties. There is a slight chance of electing ONE from a "six MPs district". The only one I can see that might have a hope is Josie Muscat, a self-made man, a former politician and liked by a few voters from both parties. Now if Saviour wants to put his "media" at Josie's disposal, and use his influence to get him votes, all well and good. Other than that I don't see any hope at all for a third party to make any gains. Both major p[arties have too much to lose and will gang up on the newcomer. They cannot do that on an independent candidate. Look at what happened the last election....two parties ran candidates in a lot of districts and didn't even come close. When Bush was POTUS, unemployment was at 4.5% and even with the two wars, the deficit was nowhere near the 1.7 and 1.4 trillion dollars lie in the first two years of Obama. AND Barak has added more to the national debt in his first two years than all the POTUSes combined. Take care.

Mr. South, please stop comparing OBAMA's politics because with all due respect you are well off the mark. First of all what OBAMA promised really was to stop the destruction of the country by the religious far right. When BUSH left, OBAMA inherited a country with 2 wars that were costing 800 billion a year and a nation on the brink of financial collapse due to unbridled greed in the financial services and an unsecured free market that destroyed copyright laws. So if you are persuaded that any man has the power to fix that situation in two years you are well mistaken. American politics are quite different from Maltese because the President has to go through Congress and then the Senate and in the first year the OBAMA administration had a lengthy battle to pass the health care legislation. The unbridled free market policies has hurt the western world's economies more than anyone can imagine and none of the politicians would readily admit that all those jobs being lost are not coming back. They are counting on alternative energy to become the grid for job creation. China continues to oppose to let its rimbimbi float, so they continue to have a big edge. The OBAMA administration inherited all this and truthfully it will be another decade before this is all sorted out. In the EU the only country that continues to do well is Germany, because they have good monetary policies against deficits and have a big edge over their member states in exports. Most of the new member states have no other choice but to buy German made goods as they try to catch up to EU standards which Germany being the biggest economy of the EU sets. What World War II prevented Hitler of uniting Europe under German leadership, the European Union succeeded in rewarding Germany, the European continent on a silver platter. So let's concern ourselves with Maltese politics instead. Saviour Balzan is the ONLY MAN in Malta that can promote and elect MP's of a third party. He has an established and trusted media source and if all those that are fed up with the old arrogant ways of doing politics, then Saviour should find a lot of support. Ideally the aim should be to elect 3 MP's and if JOSIE MUSCAT & SAVIOUR BALZAN and another preferably a WOMAN could integrate a meaningful campaign, there is every reason to believe, this mission will succeed. Then you will see the PN & PL put in their places and the minority having a say and holding these arrogant politicians accountable.

Like I said, I'm a realist. The voters had the best opportunity to elect an MP from outside the two parties in 08, they were sick of the PN and according to many Sant was a lousy alternative to the PN. So, what did they do? They still voted for the two "lesbians" or they stayed home.So they got stuck with the same incompetent, arrogant, unaccountable and corrupt politicians that have screwed them up for the past 25 years...FROM BOTH SIDES. Why, the PL voters didn't even know that if they had given the second choice to Josie THEY would,ve formed the govt. As for Obama....the fact that HIS OWN supporters turned against him is proof enough that the messiah was all talk and no action. McCain was just a RINO(republican in name only) and that's why he lost the election, plus of course the fact that the voters believed all the bullshit Barak Hussein was feeding them. By the way, when I said that Saviour was dumb, I didn't mean he was ignorant or stupid, I meant he wouldn't waste his time on something he knows will never succeed. The ONLY way I can see what you're hoping for happening, is for someone like Josie Muscat to run as an independent, never mind affiliation with a party, run as an independent in a district and the "floating voters" voting for him AND the PL/PN voters giving him the second choice. Then wishing for a 32/32/1 split with the PL having more votes than the PN.....coz Joseph might change but Gonzi would not.

Mr.South, I only wish that for once you direct your energy to do something constructive that can help to change the ugly political climate in Malta. Where there's a will, there is a way and Malta is at the crossroads that unless action is taken to reign in all this political abuse, those austerity measures happening in Europe will soon cross over to Malta. They are already talking in this next budget about reducing wages and that is only the begining. You rest assured that health care and prescription drugs are next and the picture will keep getting uglier as soon as there is an administration change and the truth about the financial position is confirmed. If Saviour was dumb, then he wouldn't be of any use to a third party. He's a man of principals who understands this grave situation. Besides the hardest part for a third party would be to elect ONE MP and I am positive that it could easily be done in the next election because people are absolutely disgusted, witnessing daily political scandals which they have to pay for with their hard earned money. Please do not compare GONZI to OBAMA or MUSCAT to McCAIN. Obama inherited a mess because the far right that elected BUSH did exactly in the USA what GONZI and his theocracy is doing to Malta. Obama has the world's biggest economy on his side that could recuperate all that money once the economy improves. How many WORLD WIDE companies like MICROSOFT, COCA-COLA, GE, FORD, GENERAL MOTORS, HOLLYWOOD MOVIES etc. etc. does GONZI have that generate 14 trillion dollars a year? McCAIN was brave enough to contest an election that he knew he could not win because his party under BUSH had lost all support. It is to McCAIN's credit that he did as good as he did because he was a war hero and a rebel within his party and people had respect for him because he paid his dues. Now look at MUSCAT'S resume and what have you got. BLANK.... Someone who took advantage of a sick leader and with his pack, orchestrated a leadership coup without any disregard that laborites will have to suffer for another 5 years. Promising everything to everybody who would listen, especially the earthquake which resulted in paybacks to those who helped by handing out media appointments, chairmanship, a horrible emblem and disrespecting the MLP and what it stood for. A slogan of progressive and moderate politics that is a betrayal to the MLP grass roots policies of defending the middle and working class. Other than that orchestrated farce about the car tax, can you name another positve political action that Muscat undertook that was beneficial to the Maltese people? BLANK...

Fomm, I think you have the comparisons all wrong...Gonzi is doing exactly what Obama is doing, spending money he doesn't have and not making any decisions, so much so that even his own left is deserting him, and Muscat is another John McCain, doesn't know whether to suck or blow. As for Saviour Balzan and a third party, I don't think Saviour is THAT dumb, to get involved in something that will NEVER succeed. Saviour, another hard question you should ask the PM: when he wakes up in the morning, does he put his left slipper on first or the right one.

yes, personally I wish there will be another strong party .but as I said many people are like being hypnotized - I think one thing is from childhood- grown with that red or blue, like doctrine for example like baptism ,holy communion and marriage - Like I said I wish this will stop one day in Malta....

Good luck for your nnnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeexxxxt!interview with Mr.gonzi.could be when he sit in the opposition bench!

It's quite a tradition isn't it? A tradition where the middle & working class must keep supporting the extravagance of the inner circle. The connected families that has become multi millionaires over the last twenty years and the rest of the population who struggles everyday to keep their families fed and clothed and taking on more of the burden to pay this out of control administration drowning in one scandal after another. A tradition that suppresses the people as the curia acts like the inquisition. At least in the supposedly bad old days of socialism under labour, the administration had the audacity to accumulate and the conscience to leave over a billion euros in Malta's safety deposit box. In twenty years of this administration while Malta got caught amidst policies of the far right's economic beliefs of free unbridled markets of spend and tax, the cupboard is bare and the people are saddled with over 5 billion euros of debt which according to government figures need a half million euros a day in interest. So the choice is either to keep the tradition or act now and end the mutilation of our Maltese Society and stop the corruption that is embedded in the arrogance of the politicians on both sides because they are certain that the electorate has no choice but to support and vote for them. Two interesting events in political history to consider. The first is GONZIPN comparable to Richard Nixon and his watergate, with his famous words."I AM NOT A CROOK". The second is Joseph Muscat who reminds you of FORREST GUMP and Mile End is his box of chocolates; where you never know what you're gonna get. i SAY IT'S QUITE A TRADITION TO UPHOLD.

sure the country needs more- But I think it's the country tradition to keep only two. Unfortunately ....

SAVIOUR for all the questions you put on this blog and for the sake of transparency in Maltese politics, we need you to start thinking about a third political party. Malta needs you now, when in two years time the minority can respond to the two main political parties about their disgraceful and arrogant behaviour. If anyone agrees please write in to let Saviour know of your support.

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