On 6 November 2025 at a tombola buffet breakfast at Paradise Bay Hotel, former Minister Clayton Bartolo addressed his loyal supporters gathered for his campaign event. "If you hear somebody asking...

The Various Revenue Laws (Amendment) Act, 2025 - Act No XXX of 2025 - a recently enacted law, raises grave criminal justice sentencing policy issues. If A commits the crimes of, say, forgery of...

Our political parties have been engaged for two weeks in an orgy of tax-cutting proposals.  So far, I have seen no explanation for how this revenue will be replaced, assuming that the fiscal...

The Labour Party chooses a smart slogan once every five years. In 2013 they marched into Castille with 'Malta Taghna Lkoll.' 'L-Aqwa Żmien' was still ringing in our ears when they returned in...

The debate around social policy in Malta often becomes trapped in short-term calculations. Yet some measures deserve to be viewed not simply as electoral promises, but as long-term investments in the...

 Malta does not have a national geological service. We lack a national authority equipped with accurate knowledge of the geology of the Maltese islands. A national geological authority is...

Malta now needs a national strategy on digital and AI sovereignty.  The case for it has been made in two previous pieces in this series - the first on the infrastructure dimension, the second on...

Over the past four years serving as Shadow Minister for the Arts and the Creative Economy, I have had the privilege of meeting some of the most talented, passionate and quite frankly interesting...

Elections lie at the heart of representative democracies, underpinned by the core idea that citizens elect citizens to represent their values and interests. Undoubtedly, our political parties put...

The shortness itself of the election campaign, the many issues discussed, and the incredible explosion of public debate are among the hallmarks of this campaign. I've been covering campaigns...