Such fun in the House currently.

We have the Party Financing Bill, letting that Debono fellow (remember him?) feel all fuzzy and warm because one of his bugbears is being fed little morsels. If there was ever any reason to oppose a Bill, it's the fact that it is close to the heart of that specimen.

And I mean, honestly, does anyone out there except for the terminally naive believe that if the political parties wanted to launder some dosh through the system, letting them accept donations without having to let us, the Great Unwashed, know about it, it's beyond the wit of man to achieve this little thing?

Those are not valid reasons not to get the Bill through the House, of course, but I subscribe to the school of thought that says that if you're going to do something, do it well.

Which means that State funding of political parties should be put on the statute books at the same time, decreasing to the extent possible the temptation for nefariousness.

After all, it's not as if public funding is a concept that is totally alien to the jolly old Labour Party, they've been benefitting from public generosity in the form of property for quite some time.

Just in case you'd forgotten, consider "Australia Hall" as a concept, along with assorted premises hijacked for the benefit of the MLP, as was, this being deemed to be a "public purpose".

No wonder they're not keen on state funding, why share when you can monopolise?

Away from the crashingly boring subject of party financing, we had Ms Sai Mizzi Lang's husband getting to his hind legs to tell us that Enemalta's employees are going to have their jobs and other rights (notice the absence of the word "income", though) protected when they are transferred out of the Corporation into the plc that is being set up.

Employment Law 101, Minister, and shame on you that you didn't know this, employment rights survive transfer of business by effect of the normal law, it doesn't need any heroic stances from you and your government, especially considering that if your Sublime Leader had had his way, this law wouldn't be on the books in the first place, because it's an EU Directive.

So stop flashing someone else's frilly knickers, why don't you?

And lastly, is our perspicacious Foreign Minister going to make any more ludicrous statements about world peace and harmony, after his perceptive insights on the situation in the Ukraine and Libya of late?

He'll be sticking up for Israel and advocating Home Rule for the Irish at this rate.