Coalitions And pipedreams
Sunday, 10 February 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 15 years ago
Malta Independent
I am more than a little tired of all the nonsense that is being said and written about coalition governments. A coalition government in Malta exists only in the pipedreams of Alternattiva, and of the people they have ...
Housing In exchange for working?
Sunday, 10 February 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
The UK press this week was full of the proposals of Labour’s new Housing Minister that tenants should expect to work in exchange for a tenancy for life....
Winning The 2008 election: Maltese political parties and coalition making
Sunday, 10 February 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Since EU membership a perceptible change can be observed in voter trends; a steady increase in the MLP and AD vote and a steady decline in the PN vote. This phenomenon was evident in the 2004 EP elections. ...
Welcome To coalition politics, Dr Gonzi
Sunday, 10 February 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
For two long years Alternattiva Demokratika has been proposing that the top rate of income tax should be reduced from 35 per cent to 30 per cent. We made this proposal for Budget 2007 as well as for Budget 2008. ...
The Writing on the wall
Sunday, 10 February 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
All through the next month one topic will dominate party talk, office talk and ordinary gossip. Who is going to win the next election?...
Young People for change
Sunday, 10 February 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
In the coming election thousands of young people will be voting for the first time. One of the milestones of adulthood is the right to choose the leaders of your country in a democratic process. ...
Tomorrow’s World
Sunday, 10 February 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
From the days of antiquity, starting with Neolithic man and his megalithic temples, to the days of splendour of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, the people of th...
I’d Rather stand and focus
Sunday, 10 February 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 20 years ago
Malta Independent
Whatever happened to Maltese wit?Our forefathers used wit as the salt of their conversations. Their thinking wit helped save them from being swallowed whole by the life around them. ...
Plus ça Change?
Sunday, 10 February 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
One charge levelled at the ‘big’ political parties is that in politics, things have always been the same. One cynic went all the way...
Are You in good hands?
Sunday, 10 February 2008, 00:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
There was a time under a Labour administration when I was in good hands. It was 1979 and Lino Spiteri was chairman of the Appeals Board of the Worker-Student Scheme....