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Government’s Big Arriva disaster

Sunday, 31 July 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Don’t expect me to write on the Cyrus Engerer farce today. I find it immensely humiliating that our political discourse has degenerated...

Belgian Roulette

Sunday, 31 July 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

“In Russian roulette there is one bullet in the cylinder. In Belgian roulette the whole cylinder is loaded with bullets.”...

Horses For courses

Sunday, 31 July 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Here’s the shadow minister for justice, Jose A. Herrera, writing in The Times yesterday: “As the opposition member responsible for justice, I have, as expected, been persistently approached by various membe...

J’accuse: You Can’t always get what you want

Sunday, 31 July 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

I cannot stand conspiracy theories. Worse still, I cannot stand most conspiracy theorists for their willingness to accept half-truths and bent facts much mo...

Ring My bell

Sunday, 31 July 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

When you strip away the private details of a relationship gone wrong which led to intimate photos being allegedly circulated to third parties (the kind of behavio...

From Spliffs to right wing extremists

Sunday, 31 July 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

A couple of weeks ago, I could not understand why everyone here was getting so excited about Cyrus Engerer, a teeny, tiny tadpole in our puddle, when the rest of the world was bei...

More Pressure on PN

Sunday, 31 July 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago Malta Independent

Arrogance can be seen in both little and big things – and the Nationalist Party in government has almost perfected the art....

A Moment In Time - Meltdown conditions

Sunday, 31 July 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The news from the Nationalist Party stronghold of Sliema of Cyrus Engerer’s defection to the Labour Party stunned most people, on both the right and the left. That is hardly...

Malta’s Neutrality, Gaddafi and Libya

Sunday, 31 July 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The paramount duty of the government – any government – is to ensure that its people are secure and safe, and that their liberty and economic well-being are assured. The government’s goal is to safeguard the freedom and ...

Time For some fat kittens

Sunday, 31 July 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

When the issue of gender quotas arises there is generally an expected sense of shock and horror. The reaction is a shared feeling amongst both men...

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