A Dual challenge: for Gonzi and Labour
Tuesday, 18 March 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Lawrence Gonzi won his wafer-thin majority on the basis of the slogan Iva, Flimkien Kollox Possibbli (Yes, together everything is possible). While it is not for me to decide...
Election Aftermath
Sunday, 16 March 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
The 2008 General Election was a close-run thing: led by Dr Gonzi, the Nationalist Party secured a 1,580-vote majority and has the people’s mandate to rule for the next five years....
A Moment In Time: The name of the game: nothingness
Sunday, 16 March 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
The trials and tribulations of a Maltese general election have no equal anywhere else in the democratic world, but the supposed name of the game remains very much the same: who gets more votes, ...
We Are intol(l)erant of criticism
Sunday, 16 March 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
If more proof were needed that the Labour Party doesn’t understand the important role played by criticism, here it is. Alfred Mifsud has reminded us (in a report in The Times on Friday) that in 2003 ...
Let Me tell you a story
Sunday, 16 March 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
A win is a win is a win.So, I guess, some people reason, who cares whether the win was by a hair’s breadth? The PN won and roughly half the ...
J’accuse: The Blind, The Deaf and the Dumb
Sunday, 16 March 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
The people have spoken...and they had a hell of a message to deliver. Last week I spoke about auguries reading the signs of the future...
Good Capitalism, bad capitalism
Saturday, 15 March 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Many people assumed that when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, “capitalism” had won the ideological cold war and that “communism” had lost. But, while “capitalism” ...
The Best team won
Friday, 14 March 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Last Saturday saw Malta going to the polls. As expected, the majority of those who bothered to go and vote, voted again for the Nationalist Party, to continue leading Malta in peace and tranquility....