New definition of irony: Robert Abela complaining about ‘cushy jobs’
Raphael Vassallo
“We made mistakes, of course we did. But one thing I feel no remorse about, is that: if you were to ask me whether, in these past months, [my government] could have given a...
The people have spoken, but it’s being lost in translation
Josanne Cassar
The MEP elections were a cold shower for a complacent, arrogant administration which had become too used to gliding easily through elections, smugly convinced that they had the...
We don’t need machismo. We need maturity
Josanne Cassar

What politicians have to accept is that they are not in that role just to bask...

What politicians have to accept is that they are not in...

Conscientious objection would nullify the protection of the Equality Law

Chris Vella: Should any school, like the Spanish Inquisition of old, take action against someone who espouses even publicly ideas that go against its ethos?

Chris Vella: Should any school, like the Spanish...

Faith schools need not lose their ethos, but teachers must be employed on competence

Cynthia Chircop and Joe Grima: An Equality Act should stop discrimination, not encourage it

Cynthia Chircop and Joe Grima: An Equality Act should stop...

It’s just too easy to blame it all on immigrants...
Raphael Vassallo

Who, then, is to blame for the spectacular materialisation of this very...

Who, then, is to blame for the spectacular materialisation...

A Constitution for all
Ralph Cassar

Our Parliament, based on a winner-takes-it-all system, could have kickstarted a process of deep reform; instead it seems that they have chosen piecemeal...

Our Parliament, based on a winner-takes-it-all system,...

Migration, COVID-19 and the Prime Minister’s shameless TV appearance
Kurt Sansone

After a week of silence despite a surge in COVID-19 cases, Robert Abela spoke on One TV. Kurt Sansone takes the Prime Minister to task on his misguided...

After a week of silence despite a surge in COVID-19 cases,...

'One of us'
Michael Falzon

In my book, their actions eclipse by far Adrian Delia’s shortcomings as party leader. If there is anyone who thinks that Adrian Delia’s time as PN...

In my book, their actions eclipse by far Adrian...

When is a health emergency not a health emergency?
Raphael Vassallo

Today, on the other hand, we are facing a situation that (on paper, at any...

Today, on the other hand, we are facing a situation that...

Public pressure to do the right thing is what will save our summer
Josanne Cassar

If we are very lucky we just might be able to contain this new outbreak which...

If we are very lucky we just might be able to contain this...

Leave the patients out of it
Saviour Balzan

Paul Pace should leave the patients out of it. Punishing them in the name of justified industrial action, would be simply criminal

Paul Pace should leave the patients out of it. Punishing...

Why Adrian Delia can still win, in spite of everything
Raphael Vassallo

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a party leader – either...

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a party...

Petulant and fraudulent behaviour won’t help PN build bridges it burnt | Edwin Vassallo

Vainglorious, petulant and fraudulent behaviour will not help PN build the bridges it has burnt with so many. Now is the time for PN to disentangle itself from...

Vainglorious, petulant and fraudulent behaviour will not...

An ever-closer union
Michael Falzon

Why the EU budget agreement has broken a major taboo on the EU creating collective debt and built a possible architecture for handling future crises

Why the EU budget agreement has broken a major taboo...

All this speculation is getting us nowhere
Raphael Vassallo

Maybe, in a nutshell, there are just too many people out there, who are...

Maybe, in a nutshell, there are just too many people out...

What will Bernard Grech bring to the table?
Saviour Balzan

Lawyer Bernard Grech emerged as a possible contender for the leadership of the...

Lawyer Bernard Grech emerged as a possible contender for...

Hope the three-day pool party was worth it
Josanne Cassar

It has taken just this one cluster to shake us out of our summer stupor and...

It has taken just this one cluster to shake us out of our...

‘Do the math’, he said...
Raphael Vassallo

For all their claims to superior intellect, the ‘people with brains’ now seem hellbent on unpicking the one asset that has always stood their own...

For all their claims to superior intellect, the...

No business-as-usual please | Ralph Cassar

We have to move to a new normal. Our economic and social model and the way we...

We have to move to a new normal. Our economic and social...