We met in Valletta today with required distances to keep each other safe but close enough to the Auberge de Castille to tell the wise monkeys in there we're still watching them. And hands off the Daphne inquiry. It must be allowed to work for as long as it needs to. The photos are by [...]

The rules about leadership of the PN in the amendments written into the statute some months ago had Adrian Delia in mind but not in the way things have turned out. The author of the changes intended to prevent another compromised cowboy, with baggage in his past that would weigh down the entire party, from [...]

On Keith Schembri, Chris Fearne said Joseph Muscat told him it was for him – the then prime minister – to decide about Keith Schembri’s fate. Not for cabinet, not for the parliamentary group, not for anyone but him. Chris Fearne speaks as if he accepted that. And he speaks as if he’s learnt the [...]

Two years ago today, the government decided to ban the protest demanding for truth and justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia. The government ruled that 11 months of protest had been quite enough and it was time to turn the page. After the initial four or so large protests called by the Civil Society Network and [...]

The prime minister’s remarks yesterday about the Daphne inquiry being an “experiment” he all but rules as failed show that his decision some weeks ago to impose a 15 December deadline on the process was a deliberate act intended to suffocate the inquiry. It also shows that the intention comes from his unhappiness with what [...]