This is my piece in the July 2019 edition of Money Magazine. A digital copy of the magazine can be found here. ‘Beauty is in the eye of the beholder’ is a much maligned idiom. It does not democratise aesthetics. It does not give everyone the right to decide that what they like is beautiful. [...]
'Lake' here follows up from his piece from yesterday: In its current state, the Nationalist party, under Adrian Delia’s leadership, draws parallels with the Labour Party led by Alfred Sant. Alfred Sant’s stubbornness, only matched by that of the Labour councillors who repeatedly reconfirmed him as their leader, ensured that under his leadership the Labour [...]
Handed in by 'Lake'. In medieval days, kings were supposedly bestowed onto their people by God himself. A “divine” mechanism which instilled immediate, forced and unconditional loyalty towards the newly crowned King. Unlike medieval kings, I always thought that modern day political leaders gained the loyalty of their supporters, over time, through actions and [...]
Screenshots of Whatsapp conversations managed by Adrian Delia henchman Julian Micallef have emerged that appear to show he instructed volunteers to follow PN MPs and to take photographs of private meetings they held. The screenshots that have been verified as authentic by multiple witnesses refer to “JA” (Jason Azzopardi) and “BFA” (Beppe Fenech Adami). Julian [...]
You may recall that Old Labour grandee (old being an adjective referring to the party, not to the grandee of course) Joe Brincat intervened in a constitutional case I filed against Owen Bonnici and some of his underlings for censoring on a daily basis the truth and justice protest at the feet of the Great [...]
I have learnt with time that good journalists mostly ask questions they already know the answer to. Another international TV news crew was in Malta this week and they wanted to speak to me on an aspect covered in this blog. As with practically all international news teams visiting Malta they have been unsuccessful in [...]
The Nationalist Party found someone to take on the most poisoned of chalices available at the open bar in Pieta: party treasurer. It can't have been an easy search. Antoine Zammit, who by all accounts is a genuine, honest, sweet, kindhearted, loyal lad, has stepped forward to be the first up the ladder and into [...]
People who criticise me for criticising the Nationalist Party say I do so because I’m nostalgic for times when I was influential there. Nothing could be further from the truth. For starters even if I worked for government for many years when the PN ran the show, I never amounted to anything in the party. [...]
While the Executive Committee of the PN was meeting last Tuesday, a number of security guards manning the main door of the party headquarters had an altercation with reporters waiting outside. The incident happened in a public area open and accessible to all pedestrians. The incident did not happen when any officer of the PN [...]
Magistrate Claire Zammit Stafrace has accepted Repubblika’s request for the opening of a criminal inquiry into the conduct of Ministers Edward Scicluna, Konrad Mizzi and Chris Cardona in the privatisation of three public hospitals. The Magistrate refused the Ministers’ defence that Repubblika’s complaint was based on journalistic investigations and as such had no merit. The [...]
Read this story from this morning about Adrian Delia's right hand man Julian Micallef. Julian Micallef and Adrian Delia come a long way. Like Adrian Delia, Julian Micallef has no back story in the PN. On the contrary, people who knew him in his younger days recall he was a fan of the Labour Party. [...]
There really doesn’t have to be a huge case to argue for Aaron Bugeja’s recusal from this. He is reported in the press to have been chosen by lot to preside over the trial of the Degiorgio brothers and of Vince Muscat charged with murdering Daphne Caruana Galizia. Some short straw. But there’s background that [...]
Press Release by Occupy Justice issued last night: #OccupyJustice activists this evening commemorated 21 months since the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia, by forming the Maltese flag out of paper flowers, at the base of the Great Siege Monument. Before the commencement of the monthly vigil, the activists ‘planted’ the floral design, made up of [...]
Yesterday's Constitutional Court decision found that the Planning Authority breached the fundamental human rights of the Caruana Galizia family when it removed, twice, a banner they put up on their own property demanding to know the facts about Daphne Caruana Galizia's killing. The records of the case show that the order to remove the banner [...]
Participants in yesterday’s meeting of the Executive Committee of the PN described an embattled Adrian Delia, under enormous pressure that is now reflected in a wrathful and uncontrolled behaviour in respect of his detractors. Yesterday’s Executive Committee meeting was called by its new President Alex Perici Calascione after a dispute arose on the text of [...]
Julian Micallef Julian Micallef, formerly the chauffer of the Leader of the Nationalist Party and now recognised as Adrian Delia's "right-hand man", has been accused by a PN activist of arranging for Nickie Vella de Fremaux, Adrian Delia's estranged wife, to be followed and videos were taken of her without her knowledge. The [...]
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This clip from Antonio Tajani's intervention in the European Parliament was posted earlier today by MEP David Casa. "We must defend the rule of law and freedom of expression everywhere".