On the stroke of midnight, in line with the amicable agreement reached by the political parties, the 2013 general election campaign commenced. The Labour Party lost no time in embarking on its...

I spent a few days in London this week, doing my level best to clear my mind of all the clutter that it had picked up over the past year. It was time for some family time before the necessary final...

January 1 2013 saw the European Union flag being raised alongside the Irish Tricolour over Dublin Castle. This marked the beginning of the seventh Irish Presidency. In the past Ireland has held the...

When Tonio Fenech challenged Konrad Mizzi (wearing what appeared to be pink lip gloss) on Bondi+ a couple of nights ago, about where Labour plans to build its gas storage tanks, Mizzi brushed him...

We started a new year but the old problems seem to persist. In the last week of last year, the National Statistical Office published its provisional regional estimates for 2011. The figures indicate...

Think change…Think positive change.   The PL could have hardly thought up a more inclusive and positive campaign slogan than it did. It says it all and only the cynical will try to...

... in Melbourne...

When Louis Grech was elected deputy leader of the Labour Party, I got a little sick and tired of the conversations which began “Ah, how clever Labour is to get rid of Anglu Farrugia and give...

This will be the last quiet Sunday for a while.   As from tomorrow, once President George Abela issues the writ to dissolve Parliament, the nine-week election campaign officially kicks...

There is a ritualisation of everything in the Maltese psyche. Perhaps our counter-Reformation background and Catholic tradition is mainly to blame for this. Or maybe the British penchant for rigorous...