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The political handyman and the politics of maintenance

Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 08:24 Last update: about 13 years ago Clyde Puli

The Labour Party is advocating change and during these five years it has positioned itself to strongly promote this change. Labour’s election campaign must have cost a fortune.   But...

Invictus!

Tuesday, 26 February 2013, 15:58 Last update: about 13 years ago Simon Micallef Stafrace

William Ernest Henley is not a name most would recognise. However, refer to his poem Invictus and the bells start ringing. Some might remember the film of that name which was based around the 1995...

Another opportunity for Maltese women

Tuesday, 26 February 2013, 15:57 Last update: about 13 years ago Caroline Galea

Maltese women were ‘granted’ the vote in 1947. Since then the woman’s place in the home, the family and indeed in society has changed dramatically.   Women have also...

A plea for sanity

Tuesday, 26 February 2013, 15:55 Last update: about 13 years ago Leo Brincat

To strike a positive note, if there was one thing in common this weekend between the PL, AD and a lonely voice in the GonziPN team, who has been long making a pitch for the pale blue vote, it has been...

Helping out

Monday, 25 February 2013, 09:47 Last update: about 14 years ago Peter Fenech

Early this week, my son commented about the social and commercial realisation and acceptance of British society with regard to the changes required to help people with special needs in their mobility...

It’s not about colour, but about choices

Sunday, 24 February 2013, 09:40 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

If there’s one thing that rings really hollow about the last stages of Labour’s campaign it’s the false step into the world of Martin Luther King and Stevie...

Scandals take control of campaign

Sunday, 24 February 2013, 09:33 Last update: about 13 years ago Stephen Calleja

The closer the end of the election campaign draws – two weeks from today is the day when the votes cast are counted – the more we talk about scandals, rather than election...

This Byzantine campaign runs into the shallows

Sunday, 24 February 2013, 09:30 Last update: about 13 years ago Noel Grima

Shame on you!!   Shame on you!!   When I heard the MCAST ‘students’ chant that at Prime Minister Gonzi, something kept tugging at my memory.   It was only...

Emerging skeletons

Sunday, 24 February 2013, 09:21 Last update: about 13 years ago Pamela Hansen

There is no time like an election for airing the cupboards, bringing out the other party’s skeletons and dusting them off.  As a counter attack to the oil procurement scandal, which gets...

The government we deserve

Sunday, 24 February 2013, 09:16 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

This is my last column before we vote, as my next one will be on the morning after.   It is to be regretted that, after a promising start, the second half of this overlong campaign has...

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