It's true what they say. A week is a long time in politics, and things can happen and change in a flash. Except when they don't!

Let me explain. Sometimes, a lot of things can appear to be happening, and for those of us who have a life, and who have more important things to do, than to follow the latest instalments, in the minutest detail of this sordid soap opera which has taken over our political class, it may even feel a little overwhelming.

So obviously the highlight of the week, until time of writing this article, was the resignation of Minister Clayton Bartolo and his unceremonious firing from the Labour Party Parliamentary group. The Prime Minister made sure to take full credit for the hit, making a complete song and dance in front of Castille's iconic steps.

We were told that the Prime Minister caught wind of a second scandal concerning the Bartolo-Muscat power couple, and this was too much now, so he asked for his head. And this is the first thing that stayed exactly the same, in full on Labour-style. The Prime Minister only acted because he knew, to his own admission, that the media were savvy of the second scandal involving an alleged €50,000 kickback through an MTA contract.

The Prime Minister acted because he knew the cat was about to shoot out of the bag in a matter of hours, not because he wanted to do the right thing.

Of course, in no way am I downplaying the second scandal, which appears to be a textbook case of corruption. While we will have time to learn all the detail about the second, we mustn't lose our focus from the severity of the first.

This was a great exercise in opportunism for the Prime Minister, as he attempted to create a diversion from the previous scandal which involved a second senior Minister in his cabinet, hailing from a strategically sensitive district which he absolutely cannot lose. It was a little bit like cutting off a limb, to distract yourself from the migraine you've had for a week.

But if the Prime Minister really wants to do the right thing and turn a fresh leaf, he must ask Minister for Gozo Camilleri to resign and leave the Parliamentary group as well. Other politicians, Labour ones even, have been asked to vacate their positions for far less.

Minister Camilleri is as guilty as former Minister Bartolo. He was actually the one to accommodate the entire operation, and no one, absolutely no one believes that he wasn't aware of what was happening right under his nose. Him blaming his Permanent Secretary for the deed just shows a little more what a despicable little man he is.

It reminds me of when Konrad Mizzi was caught with his company in Panama, and he started to come up with the most imaginative and implausible excuses for it. No one in Malta, Gozo, Comino or Filfla believed him, and no one is believing Clint Camilleri this time round either. I just hope he does the honourable thing as well.

The horse has bolted, and the Prime Minister is evidently struggling to keep control of the situation. A lot of things have happened this week, but things haven't changed, because those who cause the havoc, and create the environment that nurtures it, cannot be the ones to fix it - they just don't have the tools or foresight.

We need a drastic change and a new way of doing things. We all deserve it.