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Nicholas Azzopardi And laws that are not enforced

Monday, 19 May 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

As opposition main spokesman for Home Affairs I was spoilt for choices. I could have jumped on the media bandwagon or could have surfed on and patience. ...

Labour’s Role in Malta’s democracy

Monday, 19 May 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

Democracy is not the same thing as majority rule. Neither is it the unbridled rule of the largest minority party. To make a real democracy, there must be respect for all citizens. The Malta Labour Part...

Proud Again to be Labour

Sunday, 18 May 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

“Opposition leader Alfred Sant yesterday (12 May 2008) warned that democracy in Malta was facing a new threat, claiming that a clique which was not at the forefront of the political scene had the power to take decisions in their own interest....

J’accuse: Beyond Mintoff, Further than Gonzi

Sunday, 18 May 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

A lovely title, don’t you think? Almost a throwback to another era, when mass meetings were disrupted by bell-ringing and the coolest buzzword in politics was “interdiction”....

A Very large vodka, please

Sunday, 18 May 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Another year, another Eurovision Song Contest – is it my imagination, or is the fever a little less, well, feverish this time? Maybe our serial losses have dampened our enthusiasm, or perhaps we’ve grown up and stopped being so Swedish about it all. ...

Cheer Up, Gonz

Sunday, 18 May 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

As I was zapping away on Sunday, I was rather taken aback to see Lawrence Gonzi practically banging on the podium as he delivered his closing speech at the Nationalist Party’s...

Tough Choices ahead

Sunday, 18 May 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

Like many other countries in the eurozone, Malta will be facing tough choices in the coming year or two in order to address the two-pronged threat of economic slowdown and...

In Place of the lobby groups

Sunday, 18 May 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Power in modern society is progressively being diffused, moving away from central government to interest groups, even to single individuals. Society and the body politic...

Telling The whole story

Saturday, 17 May 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

I refer to the editorial entitled “Half the story” (TMID, 13 May). It is obvious that a number of the conclusions reached in this editorial result from a misinterpretation of my response to a precise question put to me during ...

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