The Labour media (including the most objective GWU papers) thinks I am a certain Victor Calleja. Hmmm sounds ominous. Or maybe what they mean is that I am unknown and a nonentity. Oh well I know I am that and more (or less?) but at least the horse I said should win did. Simon Busuttil, as I hoped, won the race for the PN deputy leadership. While Labour, who hooted and cheered for Tonio Fenech, yet once more backed a losing horse.
Maybe the reason they wanted Simon Busuttil to lose is that with Simon partly in charge they are afraid that once more they might, just about might, lose again when it comes to the big prize of the General Election.
The horses they have backed beggar much more than belief. Besides the few dinosaurs that are still stuck to their wagon, Labour also seem to love showing how they love good ole Dinosaur Dom Mintoff. Some candidates are also talking of re-introducing some of Mintoff’s strange strategies and economies. You know the ones? Those that scream hey look we have loads of money in the kitty—but we’re all hungry, haven’t had a bath for a century and our chocolate is crap. Oh and back in those glory days our phones never worked properly, computers were practically banned and our closest and dearest friends were thugs like Ceaușescu from Roumania.
Labour’s other wrong horses are the deeply disgruntled ex-PN stalwarts. Labour have used, and given star billing, to John Dalli, JPO, Jesmond and now the last of their hopes—the one, and thank God only, Franco. Yes he, the lawyer from Ghaxaq (poor disbelieving people of Ghaxaq who voted him so sadly into parliament) has been the biggest thing to hit the One screens since dull stale bread was given a roasting and we ended up with toast. The super hacks keep glorying and toasting the angry MP who has lost a bit more than the plot.
Instead of dumping him like they dumped John Dalli & Co, Labour keep egging Franco to get on with it. Go on, they keep baying at him: plunge the knife into the government’s moribund corpse. It is already practically a zombie and soon, Franco or no Franco, the PM will call an election because the statutory time for this government is almost over.
So if Labour rise to the occasion, dump Franco and vote the budget in then they will win more applause and sympathy from all onlookers.
Objective gazers in this country will wake up and say once Labour are in favour of the PN budget it would be rather childish and contradictory of them to vote against it just to spite the government.
The country will be given unimaginable impetus if Joseph and his merry men vote the budget through and Franco will be left with more egg on his face than the worst circus clown.
The country will advance in its surge forward and Labour will be assured of victory at the general elections. Yes, a helping hand to Gonzi now will give Labour more chance and hope of celebrating post-election.
Rise up Labour, back the budget and be assured of victory. No amount of Simons or miracles or silly bloggers would ever manage to stop you from being crowned winners at the next election.
But no, Labour love backing losers and dumped stuff. I sometimes think deep down they want to lose again to be able to continue stamping their feet and saying they could have done it better.