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Give Joseph A chance? You must be joking

Thursday, 12 June 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Funny what a lot of misconceptions there are about the so-called honeymoon period. Some people appear to believe that it is mandatory, a 100-day period in which we should lay off new party leaders and prime ministers ...

One Big renewed family

Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

Last Sunday’s mass rally at the Labour Party headquarters was truly an amazing experience. After just a few hours at the helm of the Labour party, Joseph Muscat, our new leader, managed to transmit an ...

Will Joseph Have the guts?

Tuesday, 10 June 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

Joseph Muscat is the new Malta Labour Party leader. Surprised? Not at all. I would have been extremely bomb-shelled if the contrary had happened. ...

The Muscat-Obama Parallel

Tuesday, 10 June 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

If America stands a chance of having a 46-year-old President come next November, the majority of the Maltese have come to realise that there is no reason why the age factor should prevent ...

Oh Dear, what a surprise

Sunday, 8 June 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

Malta is agog with the surprise news of Joseph Muscat’s election victory... well, hardly. Writing this in a hotel room somewhere in Scotland, the morning after the formal announce...

J’accuse: Through The looking glass

Sunday, 8 June 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

It’s been a hectic week but finally they have him – the one to lead them into battle for the next electoral victory. The war of attrition was long, a...

Basis Of effective government

Sunday, 8 June 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

It has been said that countries are like fruit: the worms are always inside. Malta is no exception....

Leading From the front

Sunday, 8 June 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The Labour Party now has a new leadership with a very challenging task ahead of it. There are three priorities, which any new leadership of a political party that has just lost an election,...

Now’s The hour

Sunday, 8 June 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The issue has sadly been left sharing space with the dust under the national carpet for far too long, and yet we all know there has nev...

Feminists And the fairytale ending

Sunday, 8 June 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 19 years ago Malta Independent

This article is what is known as a “spoiler”. In other words, if you haven’t yet seen Sex and the City, stop reading as I will be giving away the plot lines and spoiling it for you....

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