Two recent successive scientific surveys show that if an election were to be held tomorrow, Labour would win again and by a staggering 70,000 plus margin over the PN. 

Deeper analysis reveals facts that are even more staggering. Ten thousand to 11,000 of those who voted PN last June would now vote Labour. In addition, only two out of every three of these same voters believe that Adrian Delia should not be removed from the PN leadership post. 

Putting these numbers in historical perspective, the bottom line becomes more staggering still. The highest vote margin the PN ever won an election was around 13,000. In 2013 and last June, our party won by around triple that record margin, actually increasing it in the latter. The current surveys show that in a matter of months since we went to the country, we have doubled our support. It is almost mind boggling to acknowledge that today the PL is cruising at around six times the highest winning margin the PN ever obtained in its political history. 

Faced with these facts, some might be tempted to arrive at a cocky and facile conclusion: from a serial loser, the PL has now become an invincible force which can do no wrong. Some might think that we carry the people with us no matter what and that nothing will or can ever touch us.

If such thinking were to take root in the PL, nothing could be worse for this country, this government and our party.

As always, allow me to be guided first and foremost by principle. That this government now enjoys historically unprecedented levels of public support puts more, not less, political weight on our shoulders. That more than 60 per cent of the population is now behind this government and that among them are those who voted against us only a few months ago. That after the election the PN seems to have jumped from the frying pan into the fire, should send a single, forceful and unequivocal signal to all of us at the helm of this government: there was never a time when representing everyone - and not just half the country - was more relevant or more important. 

I have always believed that the PN's negative, bitter and vision-lite campaigning since 2013 was bound to reach an ever-tightening circle of people. People from all walks of political life are capable of cutting to the chase. They recognize that, although not perfect, this government is the best for them and for the country. Two electoral results and this latest poll have borne this belief out. 

Our response now should be to continue to deliver to this wider and much more diverse support base, the country that they aspire to. This is not the time for us to get drunk on the numbers but to remain more sober than ever, more faithful to our duties to the increasing number of citizens looking to us, with our eyes focused more than ever on the ball. The more public support we have, the more we must feel obliged to rise to this national occasion.

This wider voter support base also shows that we are becoming less tribal and more European than ever. More voters are changing their political allegiances at the drop of a hat. This should be another sobering experience for us in the Labour Party. The 11,000 voters, who voted PN in June but would vote Labour today, can just as easily migrate back if we do not meet their expectations. 

As a government led by Joseph Muscat, we are delivering on our promises. We have made a few mistakes, yes, but the achievements in all spheres are as impressive as our electoral and polling results. It is not necessary for me to repeat these here. The people are clearly showing that they know and do not need reminding.

It is now our job to press on along this road, to continue to march to the beat of our formidable drummer. However, we should be conscious, more than ever before, that those listening, following or considering following, are from different necks of the wood. We are there for all of them.

The recent surveys call for a celebratory drink or two. But that is where it should and will stop. As a government, we will not get drunk on these numbers.

Chris Fearne is Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health