The resulting quandary over whether or not the police should be fully independent from government has never been fully resolved.

The resulting quandary over whether or not the police...

The decisions taken at last Friday’s Nationalist Party executive meeting are...

The decisions taken at last Friday’s Nationalist Party...

The PN must give serious consideration to as many contenders as possible for the leadership, rather than limit the choice to what would likely be the...

The PN must give serious consideration to as many...

This country needs a working democracy which heralds modern political parties which can implement policies and reforms.

This country needs a working democracy which heralds modern...

Malta has managed – very differently to countries abroad – to contain the effects of the worst recession since the last war.

Malta has managed – very differently to countries abroad...

We will be judging any new government on the basis of the implementation of a reforming programme that includes important changes to the way our democracy...

We will be judging any new government on the basis of the...

In these last eight days it is hoped that some personality or event or assertion manages to liven up the debate in what is fast becoming an extremely...

In these last eight days it is hoped that some personality...

the Times debate was a positive development and a welcome relief from the usual mediocre encounters between the leaders.

the Times debate was a positive development and a welcome...

The present composition of two representatives chosen from each political party represented in parliament is anachronistic and absurd, as the person to be...

The present composition of two representatives chosen from...

People did not believe the boy who cried wolf simply because he had lied to them once too often. Perhaps Dr Simon Busuttil should consider explaining to the...

People did not believe the boy who cried wolf simply...

Ministers' speculation over the actions of the media that brought out this case into the open, puts paid to their lip service to a free press.

Ministers' speculation over the actions of the media that...

It’s time to go back to basics with a serious and high level battle of ideas and allow the electorate freely to make up his mind in whose hands he or she...

It’s time to go back to basics with a serious and high...

It's time for the parties to carry out a reality check and realise that these clubs have become anachronistic.

It's time for the parties to carry out a reality check and...

Labour has an obligation to live up to the selfsame lofty standards to which it holds others.

Labour has an obligation to live up to the selfsame lofty...

19 days to go...

19 days to go...

Once facts are sacred, we would advise politicians to stick to the facts, as they are made known and not to simply flout innuendos and hope that something will...

Once facts are sacred, we would advise politicians to stick...

It’s difficult to maintain a rigorously unchanging institution in the face of a social landscape that has changed beyond recognition is so short a time-frame...

It’s difficult to maintain a rigorously unchanging...

The next parliament must discuss guidelines to make tender award systems open to more parliamentary scrutiny.

The next parliament must discuss guidelines to make tender...