So the Maltese are ready for a woman to lead the country and were actually more disposed towards this idea than their European counterparts. Pull the other one, it’s got bells...

This week saw our country’s heart beat faster, perhaps for more than one reason – mine surely did beat faster waiting for the vote on Dr Tonio Borg’s nomination as Health and...

The conflict in Syria continues to dominate the headlines of newspapers, weighing heavy on the hearts and minds of policy-makers across the world. I have, on several occasions, written about this...

Migration in the European Union (EU) represents both an opportunity and a challenge. The increase in the free movement of EU citizens and the gradual development of a common migration policy is one of...

Ah, the perils of living in such a small society. I have just received a text message from a girlfriend. “I’m sitting in Charles Grech in Valletta. It’s full of HMS Illustrious...

I have plagiarised the headline to this article from one written in another news-paper by Eddie Aquilina, a dedicated Nationalist Party supporter, a few weeks ago. Like many Nationalist Party...

Last week a colleague called me to say that I was quoted as saying somewhere that we are not concerned about the impact that IVF babies have on the Special Child Care Unit (SCBU). I do not know where...

It does not make that much difference to the PL or to the undersigned as to who will be elected deputy leader of the Nationalist Party.   Although the two contestants sit on the other side...

Being in politics I closely follow what is happening in our country.  I also meet a lot of people and as such I am close to what the people in the street feel and the hardships that they are...

Sometimes, the power of incumbency – to borrow one of the favourite phrases of Labour politicians (those who can speak properly) – is positive. When you’re the incumbent,...