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The Politics of inconvenience

Sunday, 23 March 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The Malta Labour Party’s biggest problem is that it has become the Hamlet on the Maltese political scenario. This is because its representatives remain anchored in the past. ...

The World around us

Sunday, 23 March 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Dr Gonzi – you have a second chance don’t waste it Warmest belated congratulations to Dr Gonzi. As the election approached I thought that a “1992 John Major” ...

J’accuse: A Nation of Labourites

Sunday, 23 March 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

No frills, low-costIt’s after midnight and I’m exhausted. The quality of this article may be somewhat inferior to the usual fare to which the esteemed readers are accustomed but to be fair I am writing...

Damage Control

Sunday, 23 March 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Last week I spoke about being a gracious winner…but the other side of that coin is being a good loser. Jason Micallef, with his performance on Xarabank, did untold damage to an already battered Labour Party...

Labour Chooses its leader

Saturday, 22 March 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

On 5 June Labour will choose its new leader who will then spearhead its next attempt, sometime in 2013, to regain government after a quarter century in opposition....

MPs Are answerable only to their constituents

Thursday, 20 March 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Without going into the merits of Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando’s case, I believe that those who are calling for his resignation do not fully understand what they are doing, and that resignation ...

No Diseases for old men

Wednesday, 19 March 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Pneumonia used to be called “the old man’s friend” because it often brought a fairly swift and painless end to a life that was already of poor quality, and would otherwise have continued to decline. ...

We Have to keep moving on

Wednesday, 19 March 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

I would like to start first today by thanking all the Maltese and Gozitan people for having given our relatively young nation quite an eventful campaign and yet an incident free general election. ...

The Lesson to be learnt

Tuesday, 18 March 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The Malta Labour Party has lost the general election for the third time in a row, and yet judging by the way it continues to behave, some have not yet learnt the lesson....

New Challenges, new cabinet

Tuesday, 18 March 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

With the electoral campaign over and the verdict known to all, life returns to normality. Like Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi declared, “now it’s back to work”. ...

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