Do Standard and Poor’s publish their ratings on past or future performance of a State? If the lower grading given us represents the past year then Labour leader Joseph Muscat had nothing to do with it. If it refers to the future, both parties said they would adopt the same Budget framework compiled by Minister Tonio Fenech.

The only way Muscat comes in is because in life there are lies, white lies and politics.

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