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9 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 29 DECEMBER 2019 trend line since October sig- nals some form of consolida- tion within the PN. The difference between the parties is still massive but it remains to be seen whether this pattern observed in the last three months of the year is a momentary blip or the be- ginning of a sustained trend. A four-point loss may be dismissed by the PL given that the government had to contend with the backlash caused by the migrant riot in Hal Far last October, and then by the political turmoil that hit Castille when a suspect in the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder pointed a finger at the Prime Minister's former chief of staff Keith Schembri. The losses could have been worse but the number crunch- ers at Labour HQ in Hamrun are very likely to keep an eye on the trend line, now that the party will get a new leader in January. Throughout 2019, the PL could bank on a growth po- tential as a result of Joseph Muscat's superior trust rating. The outgoing Prime Minister consistently polled higher than his own party as he trounced Opposition leader Adrian De- lia. This could change with a new leader, although the first indi- cations suggest this may not be the case – a trust barometer polling prospective PL leader- ship candidates against Delia has shown that all of them beat Delia, scoring almost as well as Muscat, with Chris Fearne do- ing even better. Any political strategist would tell you that the aftermath of a leadership race could be char- acterised by wounds that take time to heal. Delia knows this well enough as he faced, and continues to face, flak from his own MPs and support base. The Opposition leader's trust rating continued to be ham- pered by a large cohort of peo- ple who voted for the Nation- alist Party in the last general election but who now trust no one. Contrary to Muscat, Delia consistently scored lower than his own party, which means the PN had less potential to grow. Whether the same will hap- pen in the PL still has to be seen but the trust barometer held in the first week of De- cember shows that both Chris Fearne and Robert Abela re- tained 92.7% and 88.7% respec- tively of the 2017 Labour vote. The overall trust rating gave Fearne 60.6% - the highest ever trust rating for any leader – and Abela 49.3%. With the political landscape in constant flux, partly as a result of ongoing court cases linked to the Caruana Galizia murder, predicting the trajec- tory of survey results will be difficult. So far, the PL, its current leader and its prospective lead- ers remain solidly in front but as the story of the past few weeks has shown us, nothing can be taken for granted. Senior Professional Officer (Legal) Permit no. 217/2019 Qualifications & Experience • MQF level 6 in Law; • A min. of 2 years work experience in a Legal Office. 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