Pot calling the kettle black again
James Debono
Gonzi is asking Labour some pertinent questions on party funding, but it’s rich coming from the man under whose watch development zones were extended and building heights were...
Catalyst for change
It is time to consider the introduction of public parliamentary hearings whereby possibilities of conflicts of interest are discussed openly.
Three options for Gonzi
Saviour Balzan

What happens next for the Prime Minister? The three options ahead...

What happens next for the Prime Minister? The three options...

Gonzi on life support, Muscat with egg on his face
James Debono

Two facts are clear: Muscat failed in his bid to topple the government, Gonzi...

Two facts are clear: Muscat failed in his bid to topple the...

It’s alive! Alive, I tell you!
Raphael Vassallo

As mastermind political strategies go, I must say this one takes the goddamn biscuit.

As mastermind political strategies go, I must say this one...

The Nationalist Party has your e-mail and is using it
Evarist Bartolo

Is it a coincidence as in this campaign Austin Gatt has roped in to help him...

Is it a coincidence as in this campaign Austin Gatt has...

D-Day Thursday

The responsibility for the inevitable early election being called lies clearly with Franco Debono.

The responsibility for the inevitable early election being...

D-Day Thursday

The responsibility for the inevitable early election being called lies clearly with Franco Debono.

The responsibility for the inevitable early election being...

The one-seat majority they deserve
James Debono

Democracy took another dip this week with both parties willing to discuss awarding themselves extra seats if they win with a one-seat majority.

Democracy took another dip this week with both parties...

Saviour Balzan's videoblog
Saviour Balzan

MediaToday Managing editor Saviour Balzan on Sandro Chectuti's defence counsel arugment that Vince Farrugia had asked a blogger to undermine Chetcuti.

MediaToday Managing editor Saviour Balzan on Sandro...

All the madmen…
Raphael Vassallo

Bondiplus provided a much-needed basis for comparison between the widely-held view of Franco Debono as madman and the Franco Debono we all saw deftly putting...

Bondiplus provided a much-needed basis for comparison...

Private matter, my ass!
Saviour Balzan

The very fact that he home affairs minister has chosen to keep his distance from any controversy is proof of his weak resolve when it comes to standing up for...

The very fact that he home affairs minister has chosen to...

Lawrence on the guillotine
Jurgen Balzan

An electoral defeat for the PN might be a blessing in disguise if it presents the party with the opportunity for a generational revolution.

An electoral defeat for the PN might be a blessing in...

A tale of two Maltas
Evarist Bartolo

In 2010, the at-risk-of-poverty or social exclusion rate stood at 20.6%, below the EU average by nearly 3 percentage points.

In 2010, the at-risk-of-poverty or social exclusion rate...

Sort it out will you!
Claudine Cassar

Franco Debono may be giving a clear message that he believes the Labour Party in government is more likely to take forward the reforms that he is championing.

Franco Debono may be giving a clear message that he...

The better part of valour
Michael Falzon

By the time the election is held, Lawrence Gonzi would have prepared the way for blaming Franco Debono’s intransigence in case of an electoral defeat.

By the time the election is held, Lawrence Gonzi would have...

The Sirens’ call
Saviour Balzan

Beyond all recriminations, has anybody asked whether Gonzi has failed to smell the coffee? Did he honestly believe this problem would blow over by simply...

Beyond all recriminations, has anybody asked whether Gonzi...

The moment of truth

Even if the seemingly unbridgeable divide is bridged by means of some form of last-gasp compromise, the damage will still have been done.

Even if the seemingly unbridgeable divide is bridged by...

Democracy in free-fall
James Debono

Imposing a presidential system based on feudal loyalties between leader and candidate on our parliamentary democracy has provoked the current crisis. The...

Imposing a presidential system based on feudal loyalties...

Saviour Balzan's videoblog
Saviour Balzan

MediaToday Managing Editor Saviour Balzan on the current political crisis and reminds what had happened during the Labour Party's crisis in 1998

MediaToday Managing Editor Saviour Balzan on the current...