I didn't listen to the Prime Minister's speech to the PN Council - I never do. It's nothing personal, I don't listen to any speeches I don't have to, and this includes political speeches, from whichever side of the spectrum they come.

Some in the Labour Party must have listened, because even though it's a hot afternoon in summer, their reaction was forthcoming and duly reported on-line. This reaction did not include a condemnation of Gaddafi's thuggish antics or an explanation of Joseph Muscat's vaguely worrying utterances on immigration or taxing businesses on Xarabank last Friday.

Instead, the Labour Party said the PM would still continue to receive the €500 a week he had given himself and his ministers. This point was echoed obediently in the comments below the story, which is hardly surprising. Labour has - as it has always had - a knack of pandering to the baser instincts of envy and resentment that fuel some emotions.

Labour went on to repeat the ancient chestnut that Dr Gonzi had shown how cut off he was from the people. This attempt to convince us that Gonzi is somehow stuck in some sort of ivory tower is just another manifestation of Labour's slavish adherence to the "us and them" mentality that is so, so last century. Again, not really surprising, this, because Labour is run by people who were the bee's knees last century.

Labour went on to try to beat the PM about the head with two more puny clubs: his failure to lower income tax (you know how it is, these pesky recessions getting in the way) and his failure to tell us how he's going to vote on divorce.

The former is so old now that it's creaking, while the latter is, quite frankly, just an echo of the triumphalist bullying to which elements of the pro-divorce camp have succumbed. Within minutes of the referendum result being made known, the PM pledged that the will of the people would be satisfied, but this is not enough for the bullies, they want him to eat humble pie by the plateful.

I, for one, am getting annoyed by these tactics of attempted humiliation, this complete failure to be gracious in victory. Divorce, whether Fenech Adami likes it or not (and frankly, he should just shut up about it now) will be introduced in a couple of weeks, and there's an end to it - or there should be an end to it.