No other prime minister in the western world would have survived a fraction of the scandals Robert Abela is mired in. One of the selling points he keeps trumping is that he’s not as bad as Joseph Muscat. We don’t know quite how bad Joseph Muscat was which suggests we don’t quite know how bad [...]
Robert Abela "condemns favouritism". The Malta Independent reports he was "asked about a story regarding a Labourite who boasted on the social media of assisting 'Labourite brothers' to expedite their medical interventions. The Prime Minister said that the government provided equal service to everyone, including in the medical sector. 'If a situation occurred in which someone [...]
In an article published on this blog which has since been amended, Manuel Delia claimed that the PN’s electoral program makes no specific reference to women. This is wrong on a number of levels and he has invited me to contribute this guest post specifically to illustrate exactly how the PN has historically and continuously [...]
The games they play. First, they got Joe Debono Grech to glorify corruption, if it is Labour Party corruption because they can profit from Labour Party corruption but not from any other corruption. Having secured the sympathy and support of those for whom corruption is a job requirement for the politicians they choose to vote [...]
There were unsubtle differences yesterday in responses given by the prime minister and the finance minister to an identical question put to them by Newsbook. When Robert Abela was asked if he was considering revising growth projections after war broke out in Ukraine, he fell back on his stump speech on why Malta’s deficit has [...]
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Look at this headline and unwind the logical knot in what Robert Abela is saying. He was fielding questions from the press challenging Labour’s self-proclaimed newfound love for Malta’s environment and their vocation to protect it. He can’t ask anyone to ignore the greedy over-development that has taken over both islands over the past 10 [...]
Robert Abela spent days mocking the PN for missing the qualifier “not” in one of its electoral manifesto proposals. The PN were referring to one of the droves of subsidies they were promising to keep, and they said they ‘would remove’ them when they meant to say they ‘would not remove’ them. I’m simplifying but [...]
Extinction Rebellion Malta is an environmental organisation that strives to inform both the public and the governing bodies on the importance of preserving our local natural environment for present and future generations to enjoy. We do this by raising awareness on the threat posed by climate change and ecological degradation by means of having informational [...]
The set is by Darrin Zammit Lupi.
‘If you were to be re-elected, would you increase the budget for the military?’ That’s a hypothetical question. The question is premised on the materialisation of a circumstance that has not yet happened and that may not happen. So, if Robert Abela wanted to refuse to answer hypothetical questions he could, in theory, refuse to [...]
Robert Abela was asked to comment on the bonus paid out to Rosianne Cutajar after he fired her for hiding a €9,000 cash gift from Yorgen Fenech before speaking on his behalf at the Council of Europe and in Malta’s Parliament. Apart from dodging tax on an undeclared brokerage fee. Robert Abela said today he [...]
Russia has quit the Council of Europe. Against the background of the invasion of Ukraine this might feel like a formalistic diplomatic escalation. It is more than that. The move has deep symbolic significance and none of it is good. Add to that the fact that in addition to abandoning the Council of Europe, Russia [...]
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