I thought that on Tuesday evening (August 22) we were commemorating the 100th anni­versary of the declaration of World War I with two long blackouts – then I realised this was not the case.

Let’s face it, even on an is­land devoid of recent warfare, hurricanes, tornadoes and tsu­namis, Enemalta has never been able to provide an elec­tricity supply without unannounced power cuts. One can only hope that ‘China Electric’ will.