In an ideal world, the euro issue should not be a dividing line separating our political camps. ...

As regular readers of this column will know, I rate those who sexually abuse children far below murderers – and I am delighted to see that this dreadful crime, which was for so long blanked out by Maltese society, has got the notice it needs....

Your editorial The third force (TMID, 11 August) asks the crucial question whether “AD will elect a representative in parliament, a breakthrough that would give AD a much stronger voice and give it the energy to continue its fight”....

It is a characteristic of the Labour Party that social and human aspects are given overwhelming importance in all that we do. ...

There is something distinctly dismal in the way our country is moving backwards.During this decade, the Nationalist government has been weak in every domestic aspect. ...

There are many who dismiss the Council of Europe as a talking shop, since it has no executive powers at the level of its parliamentary assembly....

For any strategy to succeed, it is important that there is a strong awareness of its vision, priorities and the goals being pursued not just by those who implement the strategy, but indeed, with the wider community of stakeholders being affected. ...

I love the way any possible change to our capital city causes an absolute furore. ...

A debate is taking place in another section of the press about the desirability or otherwise of having the George Cross removed from our flag. The deluge of correspondence about this subject surprises me....

Ever get the feeling that, for all your country’s claims to be steadily progressing in all departments, it’s actually sliding relentlessly back towards a new Dark Age? ...