With the vast majority of my parliamentary colleagues away from the island on vacation, I remain very much in harness and in Malta... working! Yesterday, for instance, I held my usual district clinic... regardless of the fact that most of my constituents are also on leave.

This fact was brought home to me when my only complainant (They all come with a gripe) was 94-year-old Mr Depares Green.

Having taken nearly a minute-and-a-half to get through the door of my district office, he solemnly informed me that he had, that morning, captured the former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and was holding him prisoner in a chicken house in his garden... ahem.

Well... since I happen to know that Mr Depares Green lives in a single room in a retirement home... without – as far as I know – any accommodation for poultry – and since I believe Mr Mussolini was last seen dangling upside down in a Milanese piazza and very, very dead, I phoned his retirement home and asked them to come and pick him up.

Of course, I congratulated the venerable gentleman and promised him a Ġieħ ir-Repubblika for his efforts. I believe it’s what they call the caring side of politics, in that I gave a sympathetic ear to the old boy... even though he probably won’t be around to vote for me at the next election.

But I digress and wander far from the main premise of this blog, which was and is to eulogise the works and triumphs of yes... the greatest living – or dead – Maltese... Jo-zeff!

And wasn’t it truly wonderful to see the way he rode out the Gaffarena affair – which still seems to have some mileage... can’t think why. Jo-zeff has spoken on the matter and that should be enough to end all speculation.

And how on earth the excuse for an Opposition can accuse him of subterfuge is beyond me. A more honest and open politician than Jo-zeff would be hard to imagine.

He is purer than the driven snow and we should cherish him... all of us, Opposition included.

And what do you make of that fuss they are still making over the wasteland reclamation project that Jo-zeff had mooted for southern Malta?

A more honest and open politician than Jo-zeff would be hard to imagine

It’s all about jealousy; just because our very own charismatic and loveable leader has – yet again – come up with a brilliant scheme to bring lots and lots of jobs to people in the ‘soutt’, the Opposition are up in arms.

We all know that when they were in power, Malta ended at Valletta, the ‘soutt’ never got a look in. It’s pathetic, it really is. But fortunately Jo-zeff is giving their moans the attention they deserve – none – and ploughing on regardless.

But you know, sometimes I worry about the health of our great leader; all that toing and froing from Brussels cannot be good from him.

Even though it is he who almost single-handedly was left to deal with the Greece problem.

Astonishing – but not to me – that in just over two short years, our Jo-zeff has become elevated to the pinnacle of EU politics. And I can’t think of a better man for the job.

The way he puts the likes of Merkel, Hollande and Cameron in their place is truly awesome; but completely in keeping with the stature in Europe of our charismatic and loveable leader.

No wonder I gaze at him in awe.

And never more so than when he dealt with that Gaffarena nonsense. Only a statesman of Jo-zeff’s brilliance could have carried off such an audacious coup.

The Opposition minnows may well have squealed foul, but – as is his wont – our Mr Miracle merely ignored them and carried on regardless.

Scandal? What scandal?

Prosit il-Prim, is-Salvatur Mark Two.

Comments:

Veterani tat-Tarzna writes: Grazzi Backbencher from make it the speak from il-Prim... a block off from the old chip... mhux veru.

Blue is the collar writes: Now you wait till Sajmin been in the job a bit more, he show you ta!