Continues from yesterday's article on 'Malta's Joan of Arc'. This is the concluding article of this series. Part 7: Daphne's column Labour will self destruct. And when it does, the country will collapse with it. Labours fanatical policy of l’état c’est moi is the perfect recipe for that dénouement. Mintoffianism’s defeat left the country in [...]
Edward Scicluna, Chris Cardona and Konrad Mizzi have asked the court for more time before they can comment on Repubblika’s request for an inquiry to start into alleged corruption and money-laundering connected with the hospitals scandal. Though they predictably dismissed the application filed by Repubblika as “mere speculation” they proceed to complain the report was [...]
I gave this brief radio interview (in Italian) a few days ago with Rai Radio Uno's morning news magazine during a gathering of journalists in central Rome marking World Press Freedom Day. Click here to listen.
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There’s more room for electoral blackmail at the Labour ranks of Air Malta. Other public entities will likely follow. You’ve got to hand it to Labour though. They will treat democratic institutions with disdain, the law of the land with contempt and the rules of basic decency with an oblivious forgetfulness of a recanting heretic. [...]
This is Joseph Mangion, a police officer and voluntary guardian of the questionable reputation of Labour VIPs. He came to prominence in June last year censoring Reuters photographer Darrin Zammit Lupi who was reporting on an Il-Kenniesa action on the steps of Castille that involved a mock Konrad Mizzi in a prison jumpsuit. Being himself [...]
Continues from yesterday's article on 'Malta's Joan of Arc' Cracks are appearing in the Labour monolith. Friction is developing between the party faithful and those opportunists who converted to the Labour creed, so much so that the son of Malta’s ex-president pleaded to the party leadership in a shameful speech to take better care of [...]
Friday, 17 May 2019 10:16 Correction: An earlier version of this article wrongly attributed the comparison of Daphne Caruana Galizia with Joan of Arc to Ranier Fsadni. The correct attribution is to Steve Flinders. Continues from yesterday's article on 'the role of capital'. Part 6: Malta's Joan of Arc Steve Flinders compared Daphne Caruana Galizia [...]
This post by Kristina Abela is written on the 71st anniversary of the 1948 war that Palestinians remember as "al nakba", or 'the disaster'. It's a perspective of that war that is controversial and there are other points of view. But whatever your politics and what political conclusions you draw from that story of 71 [...]
Continues from yesterday's article on 'the role of capital'. Enter into the scene the inflated pretender Joseph Muscat. He inherited a country with strong economic foundations thanks to the work done by previous Nationalist administrations. At the time of the administration change, the economy was in the process of rebounding skywards because the world recession [...]
The Court turned down Adrian Delia’s complaints that in refusing him a copy of the Egrant inquiry report, the Attorney General denied him his rights to express himself as a watchdog of government or discriminated against him by treating the Labour Party differently and favourably compared with how he treated the Nationalist Party. Adrian Delia [...]
Continues from yesterday's article on 'Children of the Moon' Part 5: The role of capital The musical social critic Alan Parsons Project in the lyrics of their song ‘Money Talks’ highlights the effect of corruption on a disenfranchised subject and how money can either make or break a state. Money don’t grow on a money [...]
Repubblika Press Release Moments ago Repubblika filed a sworn application with the Duty Magistrate asking for a Magisterial Inquiry into the scandal of the privatisation of Karin Grech, St Luke's and Gozo General hospitals. In its detailed application, Repubblika showed how Ministers Edward Scicluna, Chris Cardona and Konrad Mizzi gave an unfair and disproportionate advantage [...]
I will stick to my determined and stubborn policy of not discussing the pros and cons of abortion while the matter is not a real issue of choice for voters here. I will likely not go into the merits of the issue even if it were to become a real political question, at least until [...]
Continues from yesterday's article on 'Children of the Moon' Adrian Delia will not only be a liability for the Nationalist Party but will also become a threat to the future of democracy in Malta. If despite the MEP election results, Delia vows to stay on, it will only infuriate the Nationalists further, making matters worse. [...]
