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On the campaign trail (2)

Friday, 26 May 2017, 10:47 Last update: about 10 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

As we face the last few days of this campaign, I am taking the time to meet people who are refusing to vote or are still undecided. Their main argument is that PN hurt them during its time in...

The Spy Who Fried Me

Thursday, 25 May 2017, 10:40 Last update: about 10 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

I don’t think Joseph Muscat, and whoever it was with whom he planted that question among the press corps yesterday morning, expected the result they got. They clearly expected lots of oohs, ahs...

Momentum

Thursday, 25 May 2017, 07:43 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

We are at the point in the election process when the respective campaigns have reached their maximum cruising velocity. It is difficult to accelerate to a spectacularly higher speed – always...

Dan u San and some other chit-chat

Wednesday, 24 May 2017, 08:03 Last update: about 10 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

These are some reflections linked to the election campaign we are currently immersed in. Mass Meetings.  Before every election we predict that Mass Meetings will not appeal to the crowds...

Time is running out

Tuesday, 23 May 2017, 07:49 Last update: about 10 years ago Gejtu Vella

Choices are not always easy, and decisions which impact on our future need a thorough evaluation.  Some decisions may be based on diverse perspectives and assessments.  Others may be based...

Green and Clean: Parliament’s role

Tuesday, 23 May 2017, 07:38 Last update: about 10 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The general election is being overshadowed by a web of corruption spun around the Office of the Prime Minister. It has been unravelling for months since the publication of the Panama...

Mediterranean

Monday, 22 May 2017, 07:37 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

I could be wrong, but it seems as if there has been a downgrade in the importance that we used to give to the Mediterranean region  and the need for a special policy in its favour. True, on...

Marlene Farrugia and the misogynist election propaganda

Monday, 22 May 2017, 07:35 Last update: about 10 years ago Simon Mercieca

As an avid follower of French politics, the recent political controversy that Charlie Hebdo has generated once again in France, hasleft me with a strong sense of revulsion.  As one may recall,...

From reputational risk to full-on reputational damage

Sunday, 21 May 2017, 11:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

One of the most extraordinary things about this government – other than the rampant, shocking corruption and cronyism, of course – is that its key members think, speak and behave as though...

Bigger than the election

Sunday, 21 May 2017, 10:32 Last update: about 10 years ago Noel Grima

What happened yesterday is the game-changer we were hoping would never happen. Forget the extremely hot election fever, the mammoth mass meetings, the wall-to-wall coverage of the elections on...

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