Put more simply in English, this is the age-old policy, supposedly first verbalised by Philip II of Macedon and later put to excellent use by Julius Caesar, Napoleon, and the British in India, of...

It was The Guardian, which is firmly in the Remain camp, which announced this week that a poll it commissioned shows that the Brexit camp has surged ahead in the UK.  Up till then, the Remain...

Malta has become unrecognisable from what is was as it began its life as an independent country.  The character, principles and values that once defined this island are lost and...

It seems that my last blog about the shipyard and the tearing up of an invitation by the Labour whip Dr Godfrey Farrugia on Facebook, irked a number of individuals to the extent that the Minister for...

Isn’t it very odd that the Minister for Health claims he is “not aware” that there is political interference at the health centres? That’s not a denial. It’s a very cagey...

Former European Commissioner John Dalli, who was given half an hour to clear his desk at the European Commission and then went on to evade prosecution in Malta and fight prosecution abroad, has...

There has been a resurgence of strike activity in France recently. Social conflict has long been brewing there. Now it boiled over when the government decided to give effect to a “reform”...

The people in this country amuse me. Now that the ‘open season’ for the celebration of our favourite patron saint takes off we see devotion like no other.  Non-stop...

I think we can agree that fiscal morality is the backbone of good governance supporting social justice. We can also agree that public funds should not be squandered.  Similarly, we can subscribe...

It has become common for Prime Minister Joseph Muscat not to stick to what he says and take his decisions depending on the people he is dealing with. We’ve seen it of late with the way he...