A junior minister in search of a senior cause
The last time Rosianne Cutajar called a public event was the anniversary of Lassana Cisse’s killing in a racist drive by shooting of a black Ħal Far tent village resident for which two AFM soldiers have been charged. She inadvertently launched an ‘All Lives Matter’ campaign calling for a fight against racial prejudice and violence. [...]
We’re all human, even though we sometimes deny that of ourselves
The first reaction to an article like Martin Scicluna’s of this morning in Times of Malta is surprise. But it shouldn’t be. It really shouldn’t. He argues that lives at sea should be saved and that the government’s policy not to is “inhumane”, which indeed it is. This simple conclusion should be universal. What should [...]
Blaming the EU
In the search for enemies to blame for anything that displeases us the EU has become a surprisingly easy target for the Labour Party and those who speak for it. The hate-the-foreigner narrative is taking root and spreading even beyond what you’d expect the PL’s core support. It is just one other page from the [...]