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Post-electoral reflections

Sunday, 2 June 2019, 09:51 Last update: about 8 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

When voters repeatedly elect a candidate accused of usury and money-laundering into public office, it is inevitable that I ask the question as to whether, really, the voters are always right. In...

To go or not to go

Sunday, 2 June 2019, 09:25 Last update: about 8 years ago Charles Flores

It had to happen, of course. No matter how you look at it, filter it, analyse it and project it, the PN’s debacle in last week’s European Party elections has triggered a frenzied exchange...

A letter to all young people

Sunday, 2 June 2019, 08:51 Last update: about 8 years ago Victor Calleja

In all honesty, the last thing I can do is preach about what you should do in these times of political and social barrenness. I can’t preach because my generation has screwed up: totally screwed...

The Nationalist wipe-out

Sunday, 2 June 2019, 08:49 Last update: about 8 years ago Noel Grima

What remains of the Nationalist Party after this almighty drubbing by Labour? Very little, if one adds together the results of the MEP election to those for the local councils. There was a map of...

Walls and ostriches

Friday, 31 May 2019, 07:46 Last update: about 8 years ago Marlene Mizzi

The European Parliament election results across the Continent have created an incredibly varied political scenario that will take time to have it jigsaw-puzzled into a properly-functioning assembly....

Bettering our localities

Friday, 31 May 2019, 07:42 Last update: about 8 years ago Owen Bonnici

By this evening, all the Local Council election results will be known. I congratulate all councillors who made it past the post, but I also thank all those candidates who offered their services to...

Minimum wage

Thursday, 30 May 2019, 08:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

For me the test of the extent to which Europe will run on progresive social lines in coming years will be the way by which minimum wage issues are going to be dealt with. The truth is that in the...

Yet again, Malta stands for unity

Thursday, 30 May 2019, 07:58 Last update: about 8 years ago Miriam Dalli

The overwhelming vote of confidence in the Labour movement expressed by a historic majority within the electorate, elicits gratitude in me, more than any other sentiment. I appreciate the decision...

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