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It all comes out in the wash

Sunday, 21 April 2013, 09:35 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

I am glad to see that the Leader of the Opposition has spoken out at last about the thousands – yes, literally thousands – of text messages with which Franco Debono bombarded him during...

Topsy-turvy world

Sunday, 21 April 2013, 09:32 Last update: about 14 years ago Noel Grima

As I watched the final stages of the re-election of Giorgio Napolitano as Italy’s President yesterday afternoon, I was struck by the multiple ironies of the case.   Outside Parliament...

Varied musings

Sunday, 21 April 2013, 09:22 Last update: about 13 years ago Alfred Mifsud

The President’s speech   A lot of smoke has been raised about the partisan nature of the speech that the President read at the opening of Parliament. What is all the fuss...

Why a boycott is wrong

Sunday, 21 April 2013, 09:13 Last update: about 13 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

The President’s speech during the opening of Parliament, with its cheap jibes and partisan slogans, has shocked many people. Saddened and angered by how the speech degraded the office, they...

Deflecting the fire and brimstone brigade

Sunday, 21 April 2013, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Pamela Hansen

Oh please, can we have a Maurice Williamson in our Parliament. For those who have not seen the video, I shall explain why. The man makes a political broadcast fun to watch. I had begun to think of...

Take a deep breath – it’s over now

Sunday, 10 March 2013, 09:53 Last update: about 13 years ago Peter Fenech

The campaign has now come to an end, voting concluded yesterday and by the time you read this article, tension will be mounting as we await the outcome of a hard-fought, but ultimately politically...

“?”

Sunday, 10 March 2013, 09:52 Last update: about 14 years ago Simon Micallef Stafrace

It’s done and dusted. By the time you read this piece, the election will be over and most of us will have had some sleep (or none at all!). You might read this later in the day when the winner...

This is not the kind of change we need

Sunday, 10 March 2013, 09:41 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The idea persists in Malta – especially among a certain category of people who tend to have more right-wing sympathies and vote Labour – that maintaining control, even if only for its own...

The inevitable

Sunday, 10 March 2013, 09:26 Last update: about 13 years ago Noel Grima

What will become public knowledge at around lunchtime today is the only logical outcome of what I have long been predicting on these pages. It will be the inevitable conclusion, hopefully with no...

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