Election And as anticipated by many and all, the election will be held in 4 weeks’ time, almost a year before it is due.  As is always the case, elections seem to be ‘the...

If I owned a pizzeria I would change the name of some of the pizzas available on the menu. A Margherita, a Capricciosa and a Quattro Stagioni would be replaced by an Egrant, a Pilatus and a Panama....

Yesterday the PN closed the door to an electoral coalition with Alternattiva Demokratika with the aim of trying to defeat a government dominated by political delinquents of the calibre of Konrad...

On May Day, Labour MP Miriam Dalli speaks about the measures taken by the Labour government in the last four years to improve workers’ conditions. She mentions the struggle against...

Over the years, the significance of May Day has greatly declined. As the middle classes grew in numbers, the belief also spread that nobody is a worker and everybody is one. This undermined the sense...

The Malta Independent’s editorial on Sunday, 15 April was about the possibility of an early snap election in July. This opinion started to be aired by various political commentators and became a...

We can see signs of an impending election all around us.  The other day I saw candidates going round on house visits, groups of men walking purposefully together, while all around us we can hear...

On Friday afternoon, delegations from Alternattiva Demokratika and Partit Nazzjonalista met to discuss whether – and if so to what extent – it would be possible to forge a pre-electoral...

For those who follow my articles, you may recall one from two months ago that told the story of a Dutch citizen who has spent the last nine years of his life on bail in Malta, under the charge of...

Dr Simon Busuttil has gone to the crux of the matter in calling for not just the resignation of Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, but in declaring above all that he is not fit for public office and should...