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Mario, Omar and the foreigner rhetoric

No, Agius’s arguments are purely xenophobic. They are arguments that pit foreign workers against their Maltese counterparts in a dangerous narrative of 'us versus...

Why is Labour playing dirty?

This is not a phenomenon unique to Malta and to a certain extent, election time is an intense period where political messaging has a well-defined purpose—getting you to go...

No debates in the PN race, stealthy planning reforms, and courts treating 17-year-olds as children in fatal cases

No debates in the PN race, stealthy planning reforms, and...

Offended landlords and the new underclass

We realise that it is in the interest of the greedy abusive landlords that...

We realise that it is in the interest of the greedy...

What Francine Farrugia’s arraignment shows is that corruption and wrongdoing are not the monopoly of a single political party. Human frailty cuts across...

What Francine Farrugia’s arraignment shows is that...

Outrage is not enough. Decriminalise abortion

We now have a woman whose police conduct has been tarnished because she made...

We now have a woman whose police conduct has been tarnished...

Killer roads, a road safety bureau and personal responsibility

Each death is not just a number. Each death represents a person, whose dreams...

Each death is not just a number. Each death represents a...

Planning reform: Appeasement, cancer and bad faith

The only people Abela talked to were the developers. They were feted, listened...

The only people Abela talked to were the developers. They...

In one fell swoop, Robert Abela and Planning Minister Clint Camilleri caved in to the demands of developers. They could have spared us all the hassle of having...

In one fell swoop, Robert Abela and Planning Minister Clint...

Tourist raids and Italian police: A PR disaster

The government should have anticipated the problems and before the summer...

The government should have anticipated the problems and...

Oh please, spare us the bleeding hearts on Gaza

A genocide continues to unfold in front of our very own eyes. And yet, the best...

A genocide continues to unfold in front of our very own...

Tourism is having a negative impact on our communities. It has to be tackled

From the rowdiness in balconies in the early hours of the morning in Swieqi to a young man in his underwear hanging on to the roof balustrades in Msida, to the...

From the rowdiness in balconies in the early hours of the...

We suggest that Charles Polidano name the internal pathways and squares at Montekristo Estate after every prime minister, and minister responsible for...

We suggest that Charles Polidano name the internal pathways...

Five behind bars for life: Praise due to the prosecution

In these two cases, the criminal justice system worked well—not simply...

In these two cases, the criminal justice system worked...

The rival who shall not be named: PN’s election rules are stifling

While it is understandable that the PN should try to create a level playing...

While it is understandable that the PN should try to create...

And while the phenomenon in Malta may not be widespread, even one child being auctioned off like this is one child too many

And while the phenomenon in Malta may not be widespread,...

A million ‘what ifs’ and the keyboard idiots

In the midst of what appears to be an accidental tragedy that was compounded by...

In the midst of what appears to be an accidental tragedy...

Abela’s government should ditch the hot air over Palestinian statehood

If Abela’s administration does not have the balls to forge ahead on its own and recognise a Palestinian state, at the very least, the prime minister...

If Abela’s administration does not have the balls to...

With an impending leadership election, which no one seems to want to contest, the PN is not only rudderless but profoundly clueless as to what it stands...

With an impending leadership election, which no one seems...

EU must not tolerate Hungary’s LGBTIQ suppression

Irrespective of how the Hungarian government tries to package the laws clamping...

Irrespective of how the Hungarian government tries to...