Quotes of the week

"Useless."
Labour leader Joseph Muscat echoing the Prime Minister's sentiment that it was futile disclosing MEPs' campaign expenses until after the election.

"She let out a horrible scream."
John Michael Mizzi recounting what Briton John Lawrie told him when his wife of one year, Sarah, plunged to her death off Wied il-Mielah cliffs in Gozo.

"No particular reason for the delay."
A Labour Party spokesman shrugging off leader Joseph Muscat being 30 minutes late for the final debate with Nationalist Party leader Lawrence Gonzi.

"I was never called corrupt before."
Former Development Control Commission chairman Philip Azzopardi testifying why he voted in favour of the controversial Mistra disco after Nationalist MP Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando said tourism would benefit.

"Grander than we expected."
Mediterranean Film Studios manager Cornelia Azzopardi-Schellmann on the fire that got out of hand while shooting the last scene of a Japanese film, but which gave the director better shots.