I'm putting this here not because it's exceptional. Frankly, I see so much of it I prefer to look away. But Cyrus Engerer pissed me off right and proper with his patronising sermon about how he's the victim of classism, partisan bickering, and hate. I know I'm one and I'm sorry, but Cyrus Engerer just [...]

This article by the Secretary General of the European Federation of Journalists, Ricardo Gutiérrez, was first published on the EFJ's website, linked here. Malta's Istitut tal-Ġurnalisti Maltin is part of the EFJ. I was in Malta to pay tribute to the journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, murdered just five years ago. On Friday, I attended the [...]

Cyrus Engerer at the European Parliament said that we should fight partisan hate together. He complained that he tried to attend a vigil for Daphne Caruana Galizia the day she was killed but was made to feel uncomfortable because “due to partisan political reasons he was not welcome there”. He did not elaborate. “Our challenge [...]

Labour MEPs are pathetic. It isn’t a necessary consequence of them being Labour. It’s a consequence of their perpetual isolation, their immanent minority status, their complete and utter failure at talking reality into submission and replacing it with the prevalent myths that work so well when they’re back in Malta. Consider how Alfred Sant at [...]