



The cost of overdevelopment
If we are to preserve our natural heritage and conserve our urban tradition – which would entail a strict ‘ODZ is ODZ’ policy – the...
If we are to preserve our natural heritage and conserve our...

A day of celebration and protest
Fears that the new law would somehow affect the way people can legally talk about family relations – to the extent, for example, of ‘out-lawing...
Fears that the new law would somehow affect the way people...

Breaking our addiction to cars
We are reaching a point where existing solutions no longer serve their purpose
We are reaching a point where existing solutions no longer...

The Last Supper, but not the last controversy
What this case has revealed is a deep and widespread misunderstanding of...
What this case has revealed is a deep and widespread...

The civil liberties minefield
The Nationalist Party is already committed to support the bill by its electoral programme: to vote against the bill today would be a complete reversal of the...
The Nationalist Party is already committed to support the...

‘Bringing down the government’ should not be the Opposition’s aim
The allegations which prompted the early election remain, as yet, unproven. If it transpires that they were inaccurate or untrue, ‘bringing down his...
The allegations which prompted the early election remain,...

A chance to pull our socks up
This legislature opens at a time when its services are most needed. Unfortunately it also opens under a cloud of mutual antagonism and distrust. But this...
This legislature opens at a time when its services are most...

Now is not a time to rush
Leaders can be easily and quickly chosen, but to come up with a genuinely inspiring political agenda is a different matter
Leaders can be easily and quickly chosen, but to come up...

Exploitation is the real issue
Whether the intention is to ban prostitution, or legalise it, the actual aim of the legislation remains the same: to target the exploitation of sex workers
Whether the intention is to ban prostitution, or legalise...

The PN’s future in the balance
The 1970s and 1980s were a time that called for increased militancy. Today, the electorate is attuned to less warlike, more conciliatory political rhetoric...
The 1970s and 1980s were a time that called for increased...

Missing Labour’s ground game
Political observers and the press may have refused to acknowledge how normal lives were being affected by public policy, missing Labour’s ground game
Political observers and the press may have refused to...

Country deserves strong opposition
The PN should not rush into electing a new leadership but should instead give itself the necessary time to go through an intense soul-searching exercise
The PN should not rush into electing a new leadership but...

The lessons to be learnt
This country needs a strong opposition to counter an administration that has had an unprecedented second landslide
This country needs a strong opposition to counter an...

A race to the final hurdle
Like all other elections, the individual voter will be swayed by a wide variety of concerns... not just the concerns the two parties necessarily want them to...
Like all other elections, the individual voter will be...

Gozo, the final frontier
It may yet be too close to call in Gozo, and much may hinge on the 13th district count
It may yet be too close to call in Gozo, and much may hinge...

The spectre of inquiries and investigations
Magisterial inquiries are not there to serve a political purpose; they...
Magisterial inquiries are not there to serve a political...

Back in the trenches
Both Simon Busuttil and Joseph Muscat need reminding that their public role comes with the highest levels of political responsibility
Both Simon Busuttil and Joseph Muscat need reminding that...