Do people have a blurred memory?

It would have made much more sense had Marisa Micallef, the new personal adviser to the Labour leader, titled her letter (September 29) Blurred Memory instead of Blurred Kingdom.

She accused the Nationalist government and the Prime Minister of coming down "hard on mothers whose fathers didn't support them"; said that the "best jobs and positions were reserved for the blues" and heaped praise on Joseph Muscat. May I refresh Mrs Micallef's "'blurred" memory?

On August 16, 2003, Mrs Micallef wrote an article in this newspaper titled In Pocket Money Country... and vociferously attacked single mothers whom she described as "young women who have babies before they marry, live comfortably with mum and dad and are quite happy to claim benefits while sporting designer clothes, mobiles and the like". A few days later (August 20, 2003), Dr Muscat unleashed an attack on Mrs Micallef in the GWU daily under the heading Micallef Leyson U L-Pocket Money (Micallef Leyson And Pocket Money), accusing her of being insensitive and urged Lawrence Gonzi, then Social Policy Minister, to re-think Mrs Micallef's position as Housing Authority chairman.

Mrs Micallef gave the impression that the best jobs are reserved for the blue-eyed boys and girls. She seems to have forgotten that she was chairman of the Housing Authority under a Nationalist government and, in the meantime, used to write loads of articles criticising Labour.

And now Mrs Micallef, in her new role as personal adviser to the Labour leader with a hefty salary of €40,000, heaps praise on Dr Muscat when, way back in 2003, she wrote an article saying that, as long as he (and others) formed part of the PL, Labour was unelectable.

Strange how Mrs Micallef thinks that people have a blurred memory (!)