A collapse in health and safety standards
The Labour administration has so far displayed sensitivity to such matters in...
The Labour administration has so far displayed sensitivity...
Gazing into the future
The PN has already been dismembered by wedge issues like gay marriage and adoptions; without a socially liberal orientation it will be condemned to stay as a...
The PN has already been dismembered by wedge issues like...
Detoxifying the PN brand
The fast pace of Labour’s civil society reforms left conservatives gasping for air. In the process, the ‘silent majority’ once believed to...
The fast pace of Labour’s civil society reforms left...
Good intentions are not enough
People want fairness, nothing more, nothing less. They want equity, and demand that the market does not rule every aspect of their life. They want intervention...
People want fairness, nothing more, nothing less. They want...
The PN truly needs a ‘New Way’
It would be futile to deny, however, that the problems facing the PN go far beyond its leadership issues, or even this result in itself
It would be futile to deny, however, that the problems...
Words must be translated into policies
Nonetheless, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s speech, though late in the day, set the right tone for a meaningful debate to take place. But our collective...
Nonetheless, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s speech,...
‘Putting children at risk’
One must also point out that the State – which has a Constitutional obligation to provide free education in Malta – is duty-bound to ascertain that...
One must also point out that the State – which has a...
Overplaying the abortion card
It is perhaps to be expected that the Nationalist Party leader would resort to playing this card. This is, after all, not the first time that the PN has...
It is perhaps to be expected that the Nationalist Party...
Parks are needed where people live
No amount of distant public parks can compensate for the lack of any breathing space from fumes and construction in one's own locality
No amount of distant public parks can compensate for the...
Small parties not making inroads
One must therefore question why the smaller parties are struggling to make inroads. One cannot ignore the structural imbalance against third parties in a...
One must therefore question why the smaller parties are...
An election-eve, environmental epiphany
It was almost to be expected, therefore, that a government that has grossly neglected the state of Malta’s natural environment, would attempt to make...
It was almost to be expected, therefore, that a government...
Not a deliberate strategy, but indicative nonetheless
The decrease in the number of PN candidates in some localities may be more...
The decrease in the number of PN candidates in some...
Construction sector reforms have failed
The one thing we clearly cannot do is rely on the country's regulatory apparatuse to do its job
The one thing we clearly cannot do is rely on the...
When court orders must be defied
The media has a Constitutionally obligation to publish information about court cases, but there are nonetheless exceptions to this right
The media has a Constitutionally obligation to publish...
People first, not profits
Malta’s few remaining public spaces are being taken over for the profit of countless bars and restaurants with encroachments that allow platforms to be...
Malta’s few remaining public spaces are being taken...
No excuse not to implement GRECO reforms
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said in Parliament that the criticism levelled by Greco was partially a result of the "irresponsible way" the Opposition...
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said in Parliament that the...
Cynical resolution on Gozo tunnel
The parliamentary attempt to rope in the Nationalist opposition to back the development can be interpreted as just another cynical pre-electoral move to...
The parliamentary attempt to rope in the Nationalist...
An indictment of our political culture
It should not really surprise us that the unwholesome situation mapped out in the GRECO report – which we have all tacitly accepted – would...
It should not really surprise us that the unwholesome...
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