My oh my! What is the world coming to? I don't know about you folks but I've got the feeling that EU membership has done Labour a whole lot of good. Without pausing to admit that their scaremongering on Europe might have been a load of bollocks, they seem to have embraced Europe with open arms and wallets. In fact it seems to me that the party has never been fresher or more snazzy than it is today (at least on the surface). Gone are the days of the old anti-Europe dinosaurs and Alla hares qatt predictions. Today it's confident go-getters like MEP Joe Muscat holding forth in the glossy European Parliament magazine. It's maltastar.com with its naughty little stories about veline, dildos and Christina Aguilera's knickers. It's their budding politicians linking up to the big, interesting world of international politics. It's 'Brand Spanking New Labour' bloggers using terms like 'delectable left' and 'smart' to describe some rambling article written by a psycholinguistics professor. In short, Labour is sexing up its dreary act in its bid to lure some young votes away from Gonzi & co. Of course, you've got the odd Adrian Vassallo rant which tends to give the game away somewhat, but who's Adrian Vassallo in the grand scheme of things anyway?

I've already got visions of Labour's die-hards holding up placards saying "Vote Fredu, Get Segolene" come election time. Now that would really be something.