New Beginning – Old ends!
Monday, 18 February 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The MLP is forever bent on portraying itself as “new”. We had “new” Labour in 1996 – 1998 when there was nothing “new” at all. The candidates where not new, the policies were not new, the political ideology was not new....
A Moment In Time: Past tense
Sunday, 17 February 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Given Malta’s obsession with politics and all things political, to the extent that she has confounded many a foreign ruler throughout her history, one can hardly expect an election campaign to be without its manifold vi...
Renewables – Time To Act. 2
Sunday, 17 February 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Some months ago I wrote an article with the same title (TMIS, 14 October 2007) in which I solicited the implementation of a building programme to set up an infrastructure of renewable energy (RE) ...
Colour Coded messages
Sunday, 17 February 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 17 years ago
Malta Independent
Perhaps one of the most interesting phenomena of this election is that an amazing three PN candidates who previously contested for the PN are now not only contesting, but contesting for three separate parties....
Labour’s PRoblem: A PRemier Deficit
Sunday, 17 February 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 17 years ago
Malta Independent
There is no doubt that the leaders of the two main political parties are very intelligent people. Neither of them is infallible. That is as far as similarities go when it comes to leading these islands....
Banishing The politics of fear
Sunday, 17 February 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 17 years ago
Malta Independent
The attempt of the Nationalist Party to win the next general election by instilling a fear of change in the majority of the Maltese people shows how patronising this party has become after more than 20 ...
Mepa Mess in Sliema and St Julian’s
Sunday, 17 February 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 17 years ago
Malta Independent
I am very much concerned by the implications of Mepa decisions in a national context, and in the context of the Sliema/St Julian’s area in particular. ...
A Blog election
Sunday, 17 February 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Overtime, maternity leave, tax cuts – who said what, where, first and to whom?! Stop, stop, I’m begging you all – my brain hurts! Am I the only one who can’t seem to keep up with all these accusations and rebuttals whizzing by my head like bullets?...
PN Scaremongering campaign against change
Sunday, 17 February 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Daphne (TMIS, 10 February) rhetorically asks: “How do you vote for a party when its policies clash with your beliefs?” The answer is simple: You don’t!...
When A press conference goes wrong
Sunday, 17 February 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
When the first political press conference of this election campaign was scheduled on the state broadcasting service MTV so that the caretaker Prime Minister Dr Gonzi could offer an olive branch to...