...For time and amnesia can work strange spells on us all:

The destruction of a very reputable Sir Paul Boffa in the ruthless rise to power.

The suspension of Malta’s Constitution in 1958.

A Police Commissioner found guilty of homicide.

Rampant police brutality and intimidation, wielding truncheons and tear gas.

Bombs. Beating up of protesters.

Nazi like propaganda on Malta’s only TV channel.

Gerrymandering and electoral fraud.

Smashing every PN club on the island.

Ruining tertiary education.

Super rampant corruption.

Courting friends like Kim il Sung, Gaddafi, Ceausescu.

Locking out doctors and surgeons and forcing them to take their families abroad.

Locking out the Blue Sisters and having the pice escort them to the airport, like common criminals.

Smashing the bakers. Smashing the Civil Service. Smashing the home of the Leader of the Opposition. Smashing the Law Courts.

No colour TVs, hardly any imports, no telephone lines without a bribe.

Confrontational politics that divided the small islands in two, the consequences of which are still felt today.

Crushing Bical.

Giving thousands of non-existent jobs for votes.

Victimisation of strikers after the 1981 gerrymandering.

Passing the notorious Building Development Act.

Transferring dissenters in the public service to Gozo.

Thugs attacking and intimidating students at University and the New Lyceum.

Expropriations without compensation. Endless requisitions.

Changing the rent laws only to change them back.

Attacking and gutting of The Times.

Suspension for years of the Constitutional Court...

A wonderful legacy indeed, by one truly worthy of a State Funeral.

Way to Go!