“You were not capable of rising to the occasion.”

Opposition leader Lawrence Gonzi criticises Prime Minister Joseph Muscat after the President’s ‘divisive’ Parliament speech.

“Seriously compromised.”

A review board’s conclusion on the position of Rita Schembri, the head of the Government’s internal audit agency, who is being investigated for abusing her public office.

“Mintoff’s a miser at home and runs the country like he runs his home.”

Former Prime Minister George Borg Olivier quoted in a Wikileaks cable dating back to 1974.

“Scandalous.”

Foreign Minister George Vella’s description of a €239,000 severance package of former EU ambassador Richard Cachia Caruana.

“The poor thing could not even rest his head on the ground.”

Dog rescuer Fabio Ciappara describes the way he found a soaking wet dog abandoned and tied to a fence. The dog was adopted by the football federation.

“If it was your mother who has to juggle the shower gel, would you like it?”

Social Solidarity Minister Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca defends her decision to visit an elderly woman’s social housing apartment, whose complaints were deemed ‘petty’.