LGBTIQ rights cannot be taken for granted

It is positive that parliament last week voted unanimously for changes to tighten the screws on the illegal advertising of gay conversion therapy. It was a message against abuse...

Strict interpretation of the law when challenging a judge

Malcolm Mifsud

The court must interpret the law on the recusal of a judge strictly

Raphael Vassallo

But you can certainly accuse the Catholic Church of ‘encouraging’ that same warped belief… by giving it more importance (and credence), than...

But you can certainly accuse the Catholic Church of...

Surveys, margins of error and misplaced frustration: the thoughts of an armchair critic

Kurt Sansone

Mary Anne Lauri’s frustration on how surveys should be interpreted was misplaced because the problem the PN faces is not how it reads the numbers but...

Mary Anne Lauri’s frustration on how surveys should...

Work and school should not come before public safety

Josanne Cassar

Unless you are saving lives in a hospital, maintaining law and order or pulling...

Unless you are saving lives in a hospital, maintaining law...

Voters worried about corruption, inequalities and environmental degradation are now more likely to protest by not voting rather than support a PN obsessed by...

Voters worried about corruption, inequalities and...

Attorney General must quote correct articles of law for Court to consider crimes

Malcolm Mifsud

The Attorney General must indicate under which articles of law the accused is accused, and the Court must consider the Article mentioned in the Attorney...

The Attorney General must indicate under which articles of...

Why wait for a ‘Maltese Macron’… when you can be one yourself?

Raphael Vassallo

In a nutshell: just imagine, for a moment, what the Maltese political situation...

In a nutshell: just imagine, for a moment, what the Maltese...

So it’s thanks to them that we’ll be getting Mary Spiteri: The Musical?

The Skinny | No. 177 – Little Child Will Rock You

No conflict between public inquiries and criminal investigations

It is of vital importance that the information gathered from these individual...

It is of vital importance that the information gathered...

Michael Falzon

Is it true that magistrates who give harsh sentences always find their degree of punishment reduced by whoever is judge when the case is appealed?

Is it true that magistrates who give harsh sentences always...

Child denied abortion after uncle’s rape: it could also happen in Malta

James Debono

But the outrage sparked by this case in a deeply conservative country like Poland further exposes Malta’s international isolation

But the outrage sparked by this case in a deeply...

Raphael Vassallo

I can more or less understand how politicians like Evarist Bartolo – who, let’s face it, depend exclusively on ‘voter-participation in...

I can more or less understand how politicians like Evarist...

Majority co-owners may sell property if all conditions are fair

Malcolm Mifsud

The Court must be satisfied that the minority of co-owners of a property will...

The Court must be satisfied that the minority of co-owners...

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Malcolm Mifsud

Where do we draw the line at cancel culture?

Josanne Cassar

Encouraging cancel culture is a slippery slope which can get out of control to...

Encouraging cancel culture is a slippery slope which can...

Enough of the green light and more red cards please

Saviour Balzan

For once, the world of sports – the kind that is gaining a spine and a...

For once, the world of sports – the kind that is...

Why, then, does the PN cling to an exceptionalist, almost identitarian and anti-feminist view of sexual and reproductive rights when its own modern,...

Why, then, does the PN cling to an exceptionalist, almost...

There is nothing ‘sustainable’ about Maltese hunting

Raphael Vassallo

Does this exhibition actually explain to students, for instance, that Malta is...

Does this exhibition actually explain to students, for...

Portelli continues to secure his legacy as Malta’s answer to Silvio Berlusconi

The Skinny - No. 176 - Portelli Plays a Beautiful Game

Portelli’s antics suggest that for him football is just a toy, which he plays with as he pleases. It also suggests that Portelli is using the club...

Portelli’s antics suggest that for him football is...