Malta Elections: The Result

Happy

The weather was beautiful at the weekend, about 20 degrees, and lots of tourists took the opportunity to sprawl on a convenient beach.  I was enjoying the sunshine on my balcony, listening to an audiobook by David Sedaris.

From around 12.30 in the afternoon, Mr Sedaris' witty recounting of childhood misadventures became punctuated by the sound of blaring horns from passing cars.  These were not expressions of rage or frustration, but of joy, at the news filtering out from the vote counting house that Labour had won the general election by a landslide and would be in power for the first time since 1996.