Christmas should not be an excuse to lower our guard
Given that Christmas is precisely a time when extended families converge for...
Given that Christmas is precisely a time when extended...
Grech must reach beyond the political divide
While Grech has clearly won over educated PN voters – who, under Delia,...
While Grech has clearly won over educated PN voters –...
Muscat’s day in court
Perhaps the most regrettable aspect of his performance was in fact, that Muscat continues to downplay the risks posed to democracy by the...
Perhaps the most regrettable aspect of his...
Insensitivity leads to impunity
This was, in fact, the whole point of GREVIO’s warning: there is no point in improving the structures, if the underlying mentality continues to view...
This was, in fact, the whole point of GREVIO’s...
Delivering heads on a stick
Much remains to be done, if we are to shed the image – so carelessly cultivated under the Muscat administration – that there was ‘one law for...
Much remains to be done, if we are to shed the image...
The price of ‘buying the peace’
Abela’s solution therefore comes at a hefty price: both literally - in the sense that a larger Cabinet also means higher expense - but also in terms of...
Abela’s solution therefore comes at a hefty price:...
It’s a prison, not a personal fiefdom
Though not immediately related to any of the previous prison fatalities – most of which took place on Alexander Dalli’s watch – the attitude...
Though not immediately related to any of the previous...
Political tribalism is no substitute for common courtesy
A substantial chunk of the Maltese electorate no longer identifies with a...
A substantial chunk of the Maltese electorate no...
New standards and old values
What’s good for the goose is rightly good for the gander. That saying goes for Labour too: will its own MPs and ministers come clean on the...
What’s good for the goose is rightly good for the...
Time to start taking Parliamentary ethics seriously
If nothing else, then, the Azzopardi case should at least serve as a...
If nothing else, then, the Azzopardi case should at least...
‘Trumpism’... not just an American invention
While both major Maltese parties are ideologically far closer to the US...
While both major Maltese parties are ideologically far...
Half-baked measures don’t work
Ideally – as this newspaper has time and again insisted - our national approach should be determined by a committee of experts, representing all the...
Ideally – as this newspaper has time and again...
Attack the local plans: how to redress the democratic deficit on planning
The only way to protest the development assault on good sense and serenity, is to force the redrawing of local plans in Malta, whether by court action...
The only way to protest the development assault on good...
The COVID-19 crisis demands a coherent, unified approach
Given the recent surge in contagions, and the widespread perception that the...
Given the recent surge in contagions, and the widespread...
Bernard Grech’s golden opportunity
Grech must certainly address the measures introduced by the Budget. But a partisan critique, aimed only at enthusing his party...
Grech must certainly address the measures...
A wartime budget
So, while Budget 2021 does appear to present sufficient fire-power, at a glance, to at least kickstart a jittery economy, it may not be enough to see through a...
So, while Budget 2021 does appear to present sufficient...
Abela must translate his 'enforcement' warnings into action
The only way the spread will be curbed is through a communal effort in which...
The only way the spread will be curbed is through a...
A cowardly government held at gun-point
Labour has concretised the popular perception of a government that is – almost literally, in this case – held at gun-point by a single...
Labour has concretised the popular perception of a...
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