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The Skinny | No 137 – Farewell to the Wage Supplement
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The Skinny | No 136 – Passing the Buck to Hide the Bucks
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Catholics digitally stoning Francis for exercising compassion will never not be hilarious
The Skinny | No 134 – Gow Bekk Tu Jor Kantry, Pope
The Skinny | No 134 – Gow Bekk Tu Jor Kantry,...
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So we’re scrapping the Gozo tunnel plans for a bridge to Sicily or something?
The Skinny 133 • Getting Things Done All Around the World
The Skinny 133 • Getting Things Done All Around the...
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The fact PN and PL rallies were apparently immune to COVID was an underappreciated breakthrough
The Skinny | No 132 – We’ve Won!
The Skinny | No 132 – We’ve Won!
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Why wasn’t I told I could benefit from corruption?!! I’m complaining to my MP
The Skinny | No 131 – Hangin’ Out With the Good Thief
The Skinny | No 131 – Hangin’ Out With the Good...
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The annual political party leaders rap battle staged at the University of Malta campus
The Skinny | No 130 – Beatdown at the Academy
The Skinny | No 130 – Beatdown at the Academy
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‘Stay safe’ suddenly has an even keener edge than the one previously sharpened by the pandemic
No 129 – Chilly East Wind Blowing
No 129 – Chilly East Wind Blowing
To get my vote, politicians need to look like victorious WWE wrestlers
No 128 | Abela vs Grech: Who’s Hotter?
No 128 | Abela vs Grech: Who’s Hotter?
Tran|Sport Malta Marathon? That’s an admirable feat of compression, if nothing else
No. 127 | Running With Ministerial Scissors
No. 127 | Running With Ministerial Scissors
St Paul’s day is like vintage fake news propping up Catholic nation-building
The Skinny | No 126 – Shipwrecked Saints & Sanctified Snakes
The Skinny | No 126 – Shipwrecked Saints &...
The possibilities and pitfalls of having 17K a month to spend
The Skinny | No 125 – Mo Money Mo Problems
The Skinny | No 125 – Mo Money Mo Problems
Maybe we’ll get a Ministry for Clientelism after the inevitable Labour election victory...
No 124 – Flexing Them Muscles For Election Time
No 124 – Flexing Them Muscles For Election Time
Joseph presses the subtle messaging button for a powder-keg broadcast
The Skinny | No 123 – Knock, Knock: The Sound of Da Police
The Skinny | No 123 – Knock, Knock: The Sound of Da...
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A lot of people live with unprocessed resentment for women due to a myriad factors
No 122 – Gender Violence? What Gender Violence?
No 122 – Gender Violence? What Gender Violence?
So I told God... “Sha-la-ka-ta-bosi-tokasi-to-malaaaammaaatoma. Hallelujah!”
The Skinny | No 121 – River of Hot Lava
The Skinny | No 121 – River of Hot Lava
Happy New Year to our readers, children, wives, mistresses, toyboys and digital life-assistants
The Skinny | No. 120 – Death to 2021
The Skinny | No. 120 – Death to 2021
Nobody resigns in Malta. Three stacked together is a Christmas miracle
The Skinny | No 119 – Christmas Collapse at Mile End
The Skinny | No 119 – Christmas Collapse at Mile End
Gonzi getting HIGH and mighty over cannabis is a tactical error par excellence
The Skinny | No 118 – Gonzi vs Ganja
The Skinny | No 118 – Gonzi vs Ganja
If I can’t breath fresh air at Majjistral, maybe Christmas isn’t worth saving after all
The Skinny | No 117 – Masks in the Countryside
The Skinny | No 117 – Masks in the Countryside
