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Sackcloth and ashes

Sunday, 11 June 2017, 10:30 Last update: about 10 years ago Noel Grima

These are sackcloth and ashes days for many - who had hoped for a different election result and who, like me, foretold a very different result which cruelly turned out to be a mirage. How could...

AD’s future

Sunday, 11 June 2017, 10:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The reduction in Alternattiva Demokratika's share of the national vote from 1.8 per cent to 0.83 per cent was a heavy blow. It was, however, anticipated and was directly linked to AD not agreeing to...

Act Two

Saturday, 10 June 2017, 08:57 Last update: about 10 years ago Rachel Borg

In the wake of the recent London attack a video went viral on facebook.  It showed a group of people fleeing the scene where they had previously been enjoying a pint of beer.  One of the men...

The Sound of Silence

Friday, 9 June 2017, 07:55 Last update: about 10 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

It is extremely hard for me to put pen to paper on a day like this. As always these are my personal views and this is how I see the situation after a mind-blowing, devastating electoral...

Marlene Farrugia: The only viable leader for the PN

Friday, 9 June 2017, 07:54 Last update: about 10 years ago Simon Mercieca

Marlene Farrugia’s reply to the media about whether she would consider the PN leadership or not has taken the media by storm at this particular moment when the PN is experiencing the worst time...

People respect those who stick to their guns

Thursday, 8 June 2017, 10:49 Last update: about 10 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Just as had happened with the electoral defeat of 2013, I now await the Nationalist Party’s tortuous process of covering itself in sackcloth and ashes while it writhes in prolonged self-doubt,...

Counting votes

Thursday, 8 June 2017, 08:49 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

I know people – representatives of candidates and parties – who will explain to you how they will never give up the days they spend in the hall where election votes are counted. They enjoy...

Random thoughts at the counting hall

Wednesday, 7 June 2017, 08:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Stephen Calleja

1) Winston Churchill once said that the best argument against democracy is a conversation with an average voter. He was right. He was absolutely right. There are too many...

A party in meltdown

Wednesday, 7 June 2017, 07:09 Last update: about 10 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

It would be, to say the least, simplistic if we had to try and evaluate what brought about this massive meltdown of the Nationalist Party in 2,000 words. However, it is safe to state that the...

Labour victory

Monday, 5 June 2017, 07:33 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

The electoral victory registered by Joseph Muscat and the Labour Party was expected and deserved. What was not expected (at least by myself) was that it would be so brilliant.  This time round...

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