With the sad passing away of Lino Bugeja at the venerable age of 86, the Cottonera has lost a true and worthy son. He was first and foremost an educator to numerous generations of students, but he was...

So now we have an anti-politician, ‘would-be anarchist’ in the most conservative leaning party in Malta!  Confusing one might add.  Possibly, but it is also symptomatic of a...

Labour MEP Miriam Dalli today says that the European Union should not stop with the new Firearms Directive, but seek a better balance so as not to make life difficult for people who want to practise...

Salvu Mallia is too much of a free spirit to be caged within the confines of a political party. He should not have made himself available to join the Nationalist Party, and the Nationalist Party...

Currently there are many political and socio-economic issues which merit an in-depth analysis, focused commentary or, at least, a mention.  Prior to taking to the keyboard, I surfed for a while...

This week at the European Parliament, the Malta government was scheduled to present its programme for the EU Presidency. At almost the same time, elections were due to be held for the presidency...

Perhaps some of the most important political sayings that bear relevance to the political history of the Nationalist Party are to be found in the works of Seneca, the Younger. In this blog, I shall...

The new Nationalist Party candidate, Salvu Mallia, stood outside the Office of the Prime Minister yesterday, wearing half a sandwich-board decrying government corruption and the European Commission's...

I still can’t get over the death of Lino Arrigo Azzopardi. We got on well together and were good friends. On either side of the EU referendum and accession, we were part of a small media...