No embarrassed blush under Dempsey’s tan

IT’S a shame Transport Minister Noel Dempsey spent so long sunning himself in the Med as his abilities to keep digging whilst in a hole would surely have been an inspiration to those struggling to clear treacherous roads and footpaths back home.

Breezing into the Emergency Response Committee room to explain his absence Mr Dempsey’s mild mid-winter tan was put in the shade only by the sheer brazenness of his arrogance.

“I’m glad things are improving so fast – I’m only in the country two or three hours and the thaw has set in,” he grinned, blissfully unaware he did not need to attempt humour as he has become a national joke whilst away. Oh dear, he may have been dragged back from balmy Malta by the anger of those left slip-sliding their way to Emergency Departments at home, but Mr Dempsey clearly still inhabits that strange cut-off from reality land known as Planet Minister.