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An update from 22 rue de Bragance. After a short lull and a sunlit Boxing Day the snow is back in action. It’s turning out to be a jolly White Christmas after all and more excursions around the Grand Region will mean less blogging for now. Don’t panic. We’ll be back on the stroke of the New Year. Don’t forget today’s article on The Malta Independent on Sunday.

There's snow (luggage)

I’ll be putting up last Sunday’s article as soon as I can. It’s been a hectic two days with the parents thanks to the sheets upon sheets of snow that landed on Luxembourg and the rest of Europe. Their arrival kept slipping down the schedule as the weather wreaked havoc  around the continent. They were scheduled to land at 10 p.m on Sunday with a connect flight. Through some major miracle they did make it to Luxembourg by 2am thanks to the second flight being as delayed as the first. Their suitcases failed to make it though. Four suitcases have been travelling around Frankfurt airport for almost two days now. Phoning Luxair for further information is rather impossible. Yesterday I left the phone speaking to an automated message for 1 hour 50 minutes only to be told that they have no new messages regarding the luggage.

This morning there is a ray of hope. Flight LG9302 from Frankfurt, landing in Luxembourg at 10.05 (about the time this post goes out) should contain the errant baggage. All fingers are crossed. Hopes are high and prayers are being repeated n a rhythmic mantra. Then. Only then. Can the holiday begin.

Neither asleep nor sick, but protesting

 protest Pictures, Images and Photos

We have it from the horse’s mouth. The PN spin-machine (or writers – they don’t spin it seems, just write) may have toyed with the twin theories of “Franco was asleep” and “Franco was sick” but they will have to come up with something very, very creative to spin (or write) this one away. Here is the Times summary of their interview with Dr Debono. It leaves little space for doubt – starting from the very title: “Franco Debono gives reasons for his parliamentary protest”. No need to rub your eyes. It was a protest after all.

Nationalist MP Franco Debono has revealed that he spoke on the reasons for his absence from Parliament on Monday to the Prime Minister (never mind the alarmclocks) and to the whip of the Nationalist parliamentary group, David Agius (never mind the doorknockers). In new comments to the press, he said that in the wider context (? – do note that the narrower context is still being kept between Franco, Lawrence and presumably David), he was complaining about the dignity of Parliament (hear, hear), problems in the South of Malta (their capital “S”) and fundamental problems in the justice sector. He said he had been considering his protest for some weeks (may I ask if it was on his mind after the Bondiplus episode – so Lou can take some credit?) and he felt his message had been conveyed (loud and clear Franco). The full interview is being published today in The Sunday Times.

Don’t miss out on J’accuse’s take on it all (Bad Romance – They’ve all gone Gaga this Christmas)  in today’s issue of The Malta Independent on Sunday.

J'accuse Personality of the Year Poll

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If your preferred personality does not feature in this poll please leave a comment in the comment box. I leave you with a point to ponder: The Times headline this morning is “Franco Debono says he will not topple government”. Do you find that reassuring or worrying? Consider this… would you ever read the following headline: “Jacques René Zammit says he will not lift a two ton truck”?

Still feeeling worried/reassured?