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Godfrey Farrugia and the politics of truth

Monday, 29 May 2017, 08:16 Last update: about 8 years ago Simon Mercieca

There is no doubt that Prime Minister Joseph Muscat is not at ease with the way he has dealt with Godfrey Farrugia, who is now being branded by the Labour campaign machine a traitor and defector. Such...

Corruption claims are the core issue

Sunday, 28 May 2017, 10:30 Last update: about 8 years ago Noel Grima

As we near Election Day and as the parties strain their utmost to garner every floating vote lying around, the tension has now sky-rocketed and will remain so until midday next Sunday, by which time...

From Malta with love: A roundup of this week's news

Sunday, 28 May 2017, 10:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Alice Taylor

Well hello there: this is your favourite interfering foreigner back with her unwanted opinions. This week I found it difficult to concentrate on just one particular story as the newspapers have, quite...

Vlog: European style of politics - Therese Comodini Cachia

Saturday, 27 May 2017, 13:03 Last update: about 8 years ago Therese Comodini Cachia

MEP and Shadow Minister for Education and Employment Therese Comodini Cachia explains how together with educators, students and parents, Partit Nazzjonalista is putting forward the best vision for the...

Flogging a dead horse

Saturday, 27 May 2017, 12:40 Last update: about 8 years ago Rachel Borg

What began 4 years ago with an analysis into the 36,000 loss suffered by the Partit Nazzjonalista has evolved and swung over onto the other side.  People and organisations are speaking out in...

Crystal clear choice

Friday, 26 May 2017, 12:35 Last update: about 8 years ago Marlene Mizzi

There has never been a more obvious choice than we have in this general election. Not only is it crystal-clear, but it is also in itself an invitation to the people to take what they have achieved in...

Konrad Mizzi was one of the reasons I voted PL

Friday, 26 May 2017, 12:10 Last update: about 8 years ago Salvu Mallia

Konrad Mizzi had impressed so much in the run-up to the 2013 election that he became one of the reasons why I voted for the Labour Party, Salvu Mallia says today. In his vlog, the PN candidate...

On the campaign trail (2)

Friday, 26 May 2017, 10:47 Last update: about 8 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

As we face the last few days of this campaign, I am taking the time to meet people who are refusing to vote or are still undecided. Their main argument is that PN hurt them during its time in...

The Spy Who Fried Me

Thursday, 25 May 2017, 10:40 Last update: about 8 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

I don’t think Joseph Muscat, and whoever it was with whom he planted that question among the press corps yesterday morning, expected the result they got. They clearly expected lots of oohs, ahs...

Momentum

Thursday, 25 May 2017, 07:43 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

We are at the point in the election process when the respective campaigns have reached their maximum cruising velocity. It is difficult to accelerate to a spectacularly higher speed – always...

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