The events which take place in Parliament are not always caught on camera. Sitting in the chamber gives you the privilege of seeing and hearing things which are very often not seen on the parliamentary television channel.

A particular situation worth noting took place on Wednesday. Just after the parliamentary question time, our Whip, David Agius, pointed out to the Deputy Speaker that a photo of Beppe Fenech Adami, used by the Castille-based online blogger (heftily paid from our taxes) Glenn Bedingfield, was actually taken by someone inside the chamber during Tuesday’s sitting. And from the angle of the photo, this definitely came from the government side.

There is an important significance to this issue. First of all, nobody is allowed to take photos inside the chamber without official permission – MPs included. Secondly, since the photo came from the Government MPs side, it is clear that these MPs (some are ministers) have officially become Glenn B’s paparazzi. How petty of these men who expect respect from other members of parliament and from the public in general. And how ironic that they should preach unity and how we should not get personal in politics.

I am no investigator but the angle of the photo taken points at a very small number of members of parliament from the Government side. I would say not more than three persons could have done this but we will have to wait and see the outcome once the footage of Tuesday’s events are reviewed by the Speaker’s office.

At this point, all I can say is that the immediate reaction by some of the Labour MPs made them guilty as sin. One of them got aggressively angry and, while work in the chamber was suspended, he stormed out of parliament. Another one changed colour more amazingly than a chameleon while he took to his mobile phone. Was he trying to delete the evidence – perhaps the photo itself? Another MP went totally quiet, too quiet for his usual self.

To put all this into perspective, this happened just minutes before Chris Fearne tabled two reports related to two investigations on health. These long overdue investigations are on the administration of expired medicine to patients in the ITU (November 2016) and the alleged fraudulent election of the Nursing Council in August 2016.

So the Government side was all geared up on these health issues and was caught off guard when they had to face the accusations about the photo. Frankly I think the MP who stormed out of the Chamber was upset at his side of the room for having been so stupid as to take the photo and forward it to Glenn B, who surprisingly thought nothing of placing it with prominence on his blog and proudly tweeting about it.

Two days before Christmas I wish I had better things to report from Parliament but, sadly, I don’t. I do hope, however, that things will get better for us and for our country once we meet again in January 2017. Maybe the Christmas cheer will have calmed us down. Who knows!

I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a serene and healthy Christmas. May the season's spirit (and not the mini bar type) help us to appreciate the good in each and every one of us.

Merry Christmas to all.