The Maltese government’s policies since the fateful election of Joseph Muscat, Malta’s greatest destroyer, alias ‘the artful dodger’, in 2013 remind me very much of the exchange between Alice and the Cheshire Cat. Alice lost in Wonderland (a bit like Malta today) asks: “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” The Cat with the eternal grin answers: “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.” “I don’t much care where,” said Alice. “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go” said the Cat. “So long as I get somewhere” Alice added. “Oh. You’re sure to do that if you only walk long enough.” “But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked. “Oh, you can’t help that” said the Cat, “we’re all mad here.” What a good description of our poor lost country. Going anywhere with policies that only pander to the greed of a few Labour insiders and oligarchical families or foreign pseudo investors who front for the grand robbery of Malta’s assets by our political masters. The latest news with the secret state aid letter to Socar for the Electrogas heist is just the latest example. We are mad for letting them get away with it. They are mad because, to get...
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