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New PN leader should be a woman

Wednesday, 5 July 2017, 09:30 Last update: about 10 years ago Stephen Calleja

The new Nationalist Party leader should be a woman. The Labour Party has historically always been ahead of the PN in this regard. It was under a Labour government that women were granted the...

The piper with the wrong tune

Tuesday, 4 July 2017, 07:21 Last update: about 10 years ago Charles Flores

There has been an understandable outcry against how the Maltese Church station, RTK, was left helplessly exposed to be usurped by a group of acknowledged Nationalist sympathisers for the station to...

Brexit opportunities

Monday, 3 July 2017, 07:38 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

Voices all over warn us how with Brexit, the future will become sombre. So, you do feel surpise when meeting people who are banking on the opportunities that Brexit will offer. That’s what...

The Nationalist Party and gender fluidity

Monday, 3 July 2017, 07:36 Last update: about 10 years ago Simon Mercieca

Simon Busuttil’s decision to include the issue of same sex marriage in the PN manifesto has imploded and exposed the flaws within the Nationalist Party. Many MPs were not even consulted on such...

Maybe PN should first sort itself out and THEN choose a leader

Sunday, 2 July 2017, 10:27 Last update: about 10 years ago Noel Grima

I know it’s inevitable, especially after the second huge defeat, for PN to suffer pangs of anguish to get a leader by yesterday but then this second defeat shows how important it is to get the...

The rise of socially acceptable social media fascism

Sunday, 2 July 2017, 10:01 Last update: about 10 years ago Alice Taylor

I am noticing a disturbing trend emerging online. Of course, in any situation where human beings are thrown together in large numbers, disaster often follows, but when it comes to social media, it is...

Political parties represent worst aspirations

Friday, 30 June 2017, 09:51 Last update: about 10 years ago Salvu Mallia

Today’s political parties represent the worst aspirations of the Maltese, Salvu Mallia says. In his vlog, Mallia says political parties reflect a people intent on going for short-cuts and...

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