I'm not going to write about that Debono fellow and whatever it is that rings his bells. Some day I probably will, but for the moment I prefer to ignore him, by and large.

But am I the only one that sees a breathtaking level of opportunism in Labour's motion this afternoon?  I'm not up to speed on Parliamentary procedure and far all I know by the time this blog even sees the light of day, they will have been shown to have fired yet another in their series of blanks, but the point is not that.  The point is that they have moved the motion, so in the eyes of the populace at large, there is now a motion before the House regarding Carm Mifsud Bonnici and Richard Cachia Caruana and what with perception being king an'all, procedural niceties are immaterial.

Honestly, though, what a cynical move this was by Labour.  Not only have they attached themselves to the coat-tails, again, of someone who - even if only by mere dint of the fact that he screams and shouts and stamps his foot about virtually everything - is best left alone to calm down, they are now targeting individuals, one of whom can't even be in the House to speak for himself.

That, folks, is in the best traditions of good, OLD, Labour.

This furore that's been kicked up about Justice and Home Affairs being incompatible Ministerial bedfellows starts from a premise that is fundamentally flawed. With his brilliant marks in Religion and everything, Debono fails to see that by prattling until he is blue (red might be more apt) in the face about separating the two areas of responsibility, he is actually saying that the Minister is able to influence the judicial function of the judiciary, which is codswallop.  There is no earthly reason why the same Minister should not be responsible for Home Affairs and for providing an infrastructure for Justice, because there is no real danger of cross-contamination.

This, of course, escapes Labour because controlling the judiciary is something their very recent forebears really, truly and ardently tried to do, and the mind-set hasn't changed much, it seems.

Labour, quite obviously, have noticed that Debono is ramping up for another, yet another, showdown, and with the deftness of touch when it comes to using people that is unsurpassed, have coldly and with calculation aforethought set the stage for another helping of bread and circuses. 

And then they have the gall to say that it's the Government that is creating uncertainty. If you read the title of the blog with a bit of a twisty accent, you'll identify the Biblical reference.