The Gonzipn charade is not working!
Sunday, 24 February 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
In trying to remould the party in his own image, Lawrence Gonzi has taken us back to the days of the Iron Curtain just before the Berlin Wall ...
A New beginning to Labour’s old problems
Sunday, 24 February 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
“We continue from where we left in 1996 and 1998 …” (Labour Electoral Manifesto, p. 18.4 – electronic version). Does this sound lik...
The Man taller than the party!
Sunday, 24 February 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
As the hours in this short election campaign go by as Saturday 8th approaches, panic attacks are manifest in the hysterical attacks on the Labour Party and are becoming more intense and frequent. The branding ...
Voltaire And all that…
Sunday, 24 February 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
OK, it’s cliché time. But seriously, whatever happened to “I may disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it?”...
Why I Switched to the Greens
Sunday, 24 February 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
In 1998 I was asked to attend a political meeting in which PN candidate George Pullicino was to address a number of activists. Alfred Sant had just dissolved Parliament and called a snap election. ...
Watching Paint dry
Sunday, 24 February 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
Reading the PN’s 353 proposal for vision 2015 is as interesting as watching paint dry. Some of these proposals must have brought much-needed ...
Educated Approaches to education
Sunday, 24 February 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
If I had to pinpoint the three areas I find most depressing about the local scene I would pick our poor environment, our poor education system and our even poorer attitude towards each other. ...
Mintoff: On the threshold of grandness
Saturday, 23 February 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
The large Valentine’s Day picture of Dominic Mintoff on the front-page of The Times, followed by another one as you turned the page, made ground-breaking news and must have been meant to entertain the uninitiated. ...
Beyond The promises
Saturday, 23 February 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
The views expressed in your Editorial Home and Away (TMID, 20 February) are far from the objective analysis that times like these, more than any other, cry for. ...