Bitch please

I’ve got to stifle a yawn. Or two. But here goes.

1. I aten’t dead. Just calmer. Cooler. Zen.

2. Fear. Ignorance. They’re still out there. They’re still peddling their stories. they still think fear can get you to twist your thoughts. Sensational taste. They say jump you’ll say how high.

3. Sadly for Labour I’ve never been on their side. I’ve assessed them I’ve criticised them I’ve pointed out their deficiencies. The whole thesis on which this blog’s political arguments based itself was specifically the role of Labour as one of the parties unable to let go of their undeserved control of the system.

4. Sadly for the PN, I pointed out that they had taken the same path as Labour – only it was taking longer for them to find out. Part of that path involved relying on the merchants of spite and taste. Part of that path involved doing just what a young and (much) fresher Caruana Galizia had warned in 1991 before the grey hair, long chin and lumberjack shirts set in. Part of that path relied on nurturing fear and ignorance.

5. Happily for AD they were in the right place and the right time. I openly backed them throughout the campaign because I saw them as an even better vehicle to break the mold this time round. I do not regret it. Sadly for AD my political blogging days were already with their seconds counted. The “guilt by association” was taking its toll – before the election was over. Out of respect for others I would have to put a pause on my political content. A pause mind you.

6. After 8 years of hearing labourites and nationalists tell me that “hobzi mahbuz” I will probably now have to hear more of the same. They always seem to have a have a reason. Lanzit. You know the kind. Ask Daphne. It’s generally that they do not like to listen to what I had to say and need to use that famous “fear and violence” to shut you up. (That is when the rent-a-camera crew are not at work).

What I said before I will say again. I will stop blogging about politics in this blog out of respect of others and also because of the guilt by association perpetrated by those who should know better than participate in this festival of fear and ignorance.

I don’t have any regrets about what I blogged until now and bear full responsibility for it. No lies. No distortions. No hidden agendas. No ghost writing for Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando or any other old-guard politician. Nothing.

Sadly the very fact that I have been proven right about the degeneration of our political system means that for the moment I have to step back from posting about politics in this blog.

Don’t worry though. We’ll be back. Definitely.