After Europe, it will be yet another day... except for some
Saviour Balzan
We will wake up with an electoral result that will determine to what extent Abela will continue defending Joseph Muscat, and help Bernard Grech decide whether he will stay or go
From EU standards to Maltese rights
Peter Agius
Raising the level in Malta to EU standards was one of the reasons for joining the EU, and this is still valid today more than ever before when sewage is flowing in the sea,...
When the going gets tough...
Raphael Vassallo

You can all come out of your hiding places now, and take your places on the PN Leadership Race Starting Line

You can all come out of your hiding places now, and take...

Glimmers of light
Frank Psaila

The Nationalist Party must stand for prosperity and stability

The Nationalist Party must stand for prosperity and...

A vote for change
Evarist Bartolo

A lot of people feel that the country needs a break from politics. The heavy rhetoric of the past year and a half has taken its toll

A lot of people feel that the country needs a break from...

Malta is the target here, not Muscat
Raphael Vassallo

When Nationalist MEPs encourage their European partners to ‘get tough’ with Malta over tax evasion is to assist in the dismantling of a favourable...

When Nationalist MEPs encourage their European partners to...

Reinventing the PN
Michael Falzon

The negativity of the forces behind the throne at the PN locked it in a position in which it only bothered with attacking the Muscat government with corruption...

The negativity of the forces behind the throne at the PN...

You’re so fake
Josanne Cassar

The media has become more lazy, by sourcing its stories from Facebook without any context and journalists who never leave their desk and don’t know what...

The media has become more lazy, by sourcing its stories...

Saying it as it is: Part III
Saviour Balzan

Those who are thinking that Forza Nazzjonali is here to stay should realise that the PN is getting ready for the night of the long knives

Those who are thinking that Forza Nazzjonali is here to...

[WATCH] Minor matters, lasting impression
Saviour Balzan

What might appear to be minor can still have a huge impact on people’s...

What might appear to be minor can still have a huge impact...

Unions can ramp up pressure on May
The Conversation

Despite a clear surge in support, unions now face the prospect of a weakened Conservative party, aided by the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland

Despite a clear surge in support, unions now face the...

‘I’m going to tell on you’
Josanne Cassar

The way forward for our country is not going to be achieved by this “I’m going to tell on you at the EU” approach. We desperately need real...

The way forward for our country is not going to be achieved...

How to destroy a political party
Raphael Vassallo

If this is the way the PN intends to reinvent itself after its colossal June 2017 drubbing... in all honesty, it may as well just disband from now

If this is the way the PN intends to reinvent itself after...

On changing the PN, tread carefully
Manuel Delia

Manuel Delia has seen 15 years of political action up close. Now, the man ‘who messed up the buses’ says it is time for the PN to rebuild the...

Manuel Delia has seen 15 years of political action up...

Behind Muscat’s victory – winning people’s hearts
Paul A. Bartolo

Professor of psychology Paul A. Bartolo explains that Muscat’s landslide...

Professor of psychology Paul A. Bartolo explains that...

Campaign strategy? What strategy?
Raphael Vassallo

The PN seemed to seriously think that attacking Joseph Muscat, on its own, would somehow magically translate into support for their own party

The PN seemed to seriously think that attacking Joseph...

The dark side of the PN
Michael Falzon

It was no surprise, therefore, that the party machine would do its utmost to trip Claudio Grech by plotting his ‘downfall’: his not being...

It was no surprise, therefore, that the party machine would...

What we learnt from this election
Josanne Cassar

The Xarabank debate between Muscat and Busuttil will go down in history as one of the worst examples of political debates I have ever seen

The Xarabank debate between Muscat and Busuttil will go...

Lighting a flame
Saviour Balzan

The PN needs to kick start the process of seeing what it should stand for. Failure to do so will render it irrelevant

The PN needs to kick start the process of seeing what it...

Franco Debono for PN leader? Excellent idea!
Raphael Vassallo

What the PN needs now are good ideas. And Franco Debono is literally swimming...

What the PN needs now are good ideas. And Franco Debono is...