One characteristic that emerged during the election campaign, and which had a direct effect on the outcome, was the fact that while the Nationalist Party concentrated ...

By the grace of God, only 21 out of 294,214 votes cast were directed at Alpha Liberali Demokratiku. This party, with Emmy Bezzina at the one oar of this tiny canoe, obtaining 21 votes (including his own), should be euphoric. ...

Why should the Labour Party consider George Abela for the leadership? He quarrelled with Alfred Sant and went away in dudgeon. He had every right to do that. But what did he do in the last election to help the party he now wants to lead?...

I commend the Vatican for restating some of the social sins of modernity. These sins are not exclusive to individuals but pertain to entire nations and governments that heap up excessive wealth...

With what shall we compare last week’s election result and all that it means to our people?...

The people have spoken...and they had a hell of a message to deliver. Last week I spoke about auguries reading the signs of the future...

A win is a win is a win.So, I guess, some people reason, who cares whether the win was by a hair’s breadth? The PN won and roughly half the ...

The trials and tribulations of a Maltese general election have no equal anywhere else in the democratic world, but the supposed name of the game remains very much the same: who gets more votes, ...

The Gozo vote was decisive in the last general election for the first time since Independence. Analysing the 10 general elections in the table below, one can easily come to this conclusion....

This election has proved conclusively that the much-touted hunters’ vote is totally insignificant and ineffective. It also proved that the declaration by the Malta Labour Party to re-open negotiations...