You see things; and you say, ‘Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not?’ – George Bernard Shaw I woke up with a start. It had been raining heavily with frequent bursts of thunder throughout the night. It was chilly, so I put on a t-shirt and walked to the [...]

Updated at 12:12. Adds video in tweet from official Charles Michel account. I pay tribute to the memory of #DaphneCaruanaGalizia and I express my deepest sympathy to her family. What happened is a shame for the European values : the rule of law, the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press. We need to [...]

Manuel Delia · Being Joseph Muscat Kenneth Rijock’s post from yesterday got a lot of attention. He quotes investigators saying Joseph Muscat is still effectively in charge of the government, running a system of patronage for people in office paying them in cash from proceeds of crime. Rijock reports Muscat is under investigation in the [...]

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 [...]

This week, the Deputy Prime Minister of Joseph Muscat and the Deputy Prime Minister of Robert Abela, Chris Fearne, is testifying at the inquiry looking into the killing of Daphne Caruana Galizia. He's testifying three years after the murder. Two months after the murder, in December of 2017, he had firmly held views. They were [...]

We are all sinful. The trouble is that some men consider themselves less sinful than others or holier than others – Bangambiki Habyarimanai So the Partit Laburista, in the name of good governance and transparency, wants the due diligence conducted by the PN Electoral Commission to be made public. They, at least, did not have [...]

Sent in by someone known to me. Prior to closing with the enemy off Cape Trafalgar in 1805, Admiral Nelson sent his famous signal. ‘England expects that every man will do his duty’. Over 150 years later, in his inauguration speech President John F. Kennedy uttered his inspirational ‘Ask not what your country can do [...]

Il-Prim, bil-kupuni wera kemm għandu 'big heart' Mhux bħal ta' qablu li spiċċa għall-iskart! Biss fuq il-mewġ ma jġibx waħda żewġ. Għax mill-baħar u l-vajrus, issa tela' anke fl-art!

Whereas reading the newspapers has always been one of the enjoyable pastimes reserved for Sundays – poring over them after Mass over pastizzi and copious amounts of cappuccino, or in the afternoon after a gigantic Sunday lunch with family, happily hiccupping one’s way through digestion, they have rapidly become the dark cloud that remind us [...]

From my article in today's The Sunday Times: "At least, while they await trial, the Degiorgios live in prison. But the Fenechs, the Apap Bolognas and the Gasans continue to cash in on the Electrogas deal every day, their conscience undisturbed, their luxury yachts purring, their Pacific island bank accounts bubbling gently, their hold on [...]

I'm square. I never tried a joint. Not like Adrian Delia never. Properly never. All I need is another vice, but with all that's going on in this country I don't blame the Labour youth branch to make a plea for a little laughing grass. I'm sure Joseph Muscat would look innocent walking out of [...]

US Financial Crime blogger Kenneth Rijock reported today that 3 senior government officials including two ministers are speaking to US and other authorities about what they know of bribery and money laundering. He calls them the Valletta 3. I spoke to him earlier today and asked him what colleagues of the Valletta 3 should be [...]

This is not a spoof. This pathetic, grasping, self-pitying, own-voice-loving excuse for a man is literally mourning the fact his is not the only voice worth listening to on radio. I had to screen-shoot his Facebook post before someone with some sanity left in them tells him this makes him look like Harry Potter's cousin [...]

Detail of front cover of "Fearless: The Story of Daphne Caruana Galizia" by Gattaldo. The original Roman calendar had only ten months, and October was the eighth month. January and February hadn’t been added to the calendar yet. Like its neighbouring months September, November, and December, the numerical name stuck even after Julius Caesar expanded the [...]

We should all be grateful to the Electrogas directors for informing us of their internal inquiry that found no corruption in the deal for which their company exists. It’s nice that they looked into the matter and it’s nice they told us about it. Now, if they don’t mind very much, they can fuck back [...]