Muscat’s action sends a wrong message: that fiscal impropriety is tolerated. But he also presents a formula that could win him the next election, because...

Muscat’s action sends a wrong message: that fiscal...

The PM is failing to grasp that people hate nothing more than being taken for fools. Retaining Mizzi as a Cabinet Minister without portfolio was met with...

The PM is failing to grasp that people hate nothing more...

A specific and particular legal definition of ‘vilification’ might be in order – to refer to hate mongering and incitement to violence

A specific and particular legal definition of...

Attacks on Nationalist MPs? That’s a big no-no. Attacks on public...

Attacks on Nationalist MPs? That’s a big no-no....

People raised their voices, even if it was only online, and for a change, the government listened. Let’s hope it continues to listen, and not just...

People raised their voices, even if it was only online, and...

Is it correct behaviour for the chairman of Malta’s financial services regulator to involve himself with such offshore outfits?

Is it correct behaviour for the chairman of Malta’s...

The vilification of religion law is also a draconian and authoritarian law used simply and solely for the sake of protecting clerics and the Catholic religion.

The vilification of religion law is also a draconian and...

Muscat may offer a template for social democracy according to The Economist,...

Muscat may offer a template for social democracy according...

Claudio Grech’s comments were a breath of fresh air: Are we two tribes? No, we aren’t. And it’s about time we stop acting as if we were.

Claudio Grech’s comments were a breath of fresh air:...

Politics and social media: We’ve been lumped with two equally clumsy and uncontrollable elephants in the same china shop: so utterly absorbed by their...

Politics and social media: We’ve been lumped with two...

The Prime Minister should have suspended Mizzi and Schembri, ascertained that there was nothing illegal and then recalled them after some time. The problem now...

The Prime Minister should have suspended Mizzi and...

It’s that time of year again: white, strained faces, bags under their eyes, palpitations and sleepless nights. And those are just the parents.

It’s that time of year again: white, strained faces,...

Muscat has repated his earlier line that ‘inaction is not an option’. Yet to date, it remains the only option he has taken in the past eight...

Muscat has repated his earlier line that ‘inaction is...

The mood is pretty black in Labour. The Panamagate scandal has rocked the Labour Party at its core. Labour is fractured. A catastrophe this great begs the...

The mood is pretty black in Labour. The Panamagate scandal...

It should become a criminal offence punishable by hefty fines and imprisonment for those who do not register these offshore corporate structures as well as for...

It should become a criminal offence punishable by hefty...

What is the secret of Jason Azzopardi’s success? How did the Shadow Justice Minister manage to solve a problem that has so far eluded the country’s...

What is the secret of Jason Azzopardi’s success? How...

Muscat’s ‘non-divisive’ ploy worked while Busuttil’s shouting battle cries did not. And yet, the Prime Minister keeps dithering on the...

Muscat’s ‘non-divisive’ ploy worked while...

The anger stirred by Panamagate is not derived from the suspicion of corruption...

The anger stirred by Panamagate is not derived from the...