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GETTING WEIRD
First Anglu Farrugia, now Dr KMB, both making it known that Muscat's Labour Movement, Party, Conglomeration, whatever it is, no longer espouses the principles of old: what's going on? Now don't get me wrong, it would be disingenuous of me to pretend...
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Pull the other one, PLPN
Whenever I find myself having to explain to people why I’m attaching myself neither to the PN nor the PL bandwagon, I am always faced with scepticism. Actually, scepticism is the best-case scenario – the nastier ones among you usually accuse me of...
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Enough is enough already
I’m always up for a little bit of political fun and, now that I’ve finally decided what to do with my vote on the 9th March, I’m actually up for a LOT and a LOT of political fun. Unfortunately however, not much is coming my way. If you exclude...
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I am proud to differ…
While writing this commentary my attention is repeatedly distracted by frequents bouts of clapping. I am at University where the independent candidates for the upcoming general elections are taking part in a “discussion” which everyone knew, and...
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COME TO ME, YOU SUPPLICANT MASSES
You'll forgive me for misquoting Lady Liberty, I'm sure. It's not as if the Lil'Elves and Peculiar Pundits have the wherewithal to contradict me, anyway. The news that just trickled out, unsurprising as it was, that Joseph Muscat would retain...
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ON BEING ASHAMED
Joseph Muscat said that the Nationalists should be ashamed of a billboard they put up, the one showing him with a red face and the PM with a blue one, the former holding a red card showing 'unemployment", the latter a blue one showing the...
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WHICH IS IT?
If you take Joseph Muscat at his own word, he is a thief or a missionary or a madman. In 2002, I am told, he made the declaration that he would not contest the elections because he is none of these. I have no doubt he has a reason for going back on...
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ANSWERS PLEASE
So, it's becoming clearer that those emails, which were published by MaltaToday and other media houses, are ever so slightly suspect. That was ironic understatement, for the benefit of the Lil'Elves and Peculiar Pundits. Oh, and while mentioning...
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Scaling the mountain
Last Monday’s announcement by Pope Benedict himself that he was going to resigned surprised all and shocked many. Tomorrow, in my commentary in The Sunday Times I will be discussing this resignation and making an assessment of the pontificate which...
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HAVE A TAWDRY INNUENDO
According to a spokesman for Muscat's Movement or Outfit or Crew or whatever misdirection they're using to disguise the fact that they're the Malta Labour Party, the Nationalists' campaign has been characterised by mud-slinging and...
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Marriage saves lives
I was just sitting quietly at my desk typing and working away when, suddenly, I was startled by a loud cheer from the office next door. Being Valentine’s Day I thought that someone must have gone down on one knee and proposed. Considering that this...
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EVOCATIONS
Is there anyone responsible for Muscat's image within the ranks of his party? I'm not talking about someone to pretty him up or hide his manly paunch (and can I borrow whoever it is, for obvious reasons?) because here he seems to be well served, at...
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Gonzi’s landmark “double win”
I refrained from commenting on the landmark EU budget deal clinched by Prime Minister Gonzi before reading a technical opinion about it. This was provided in The Sunday Times through an interview with Ms Marlene Bonnici, head of Malta’s EU...
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Carnival reigns
Let’s see what can I blog about. Hmmm what about politics? Mind numbingly boring. Never thought so much can be said and so much written and be utter bilge. But even saying all this is sending me serenely to sleep so let’s move on and talk about the...
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Peter Andre, Culture? Abs-olutely not
Culture must be one of the most misunderstood words ever. For some, it is synonymous with pretentiousness, with the so-called artsy fartsy crowd, the pseudo-intellectuals. For others it is equivalent to a skip, a catch-all phrase that captures even...
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WOOLY THINKING
In the heat of battle, when the fog of war descends, politicians resort to soundbites and slogans. This is an ubiquitous phenomenon, at least where democracy rules, because "we, the people" are well known to have the attention span of particularly...
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IT'S CARNIVAL TIME
Time to get those masks on, guys, Carnival has rolled around again. Forgive me but I won't bother, this time, it's too cold and wet. Muscat's party needs to find itself a better fitting one. Mask, I mean. The one they've had on up to now has...
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OH YES, JUST WHAT WE NEED
Come on, is Joseph Muscat having delusions of grandeur or what? It’s bad enough he seems to have that ruddy podium surgically attached to him, making you wonder how he can walk sweetly hand-in-hand with the missus as well as lug that contraption...
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Children, risk and resilience on the Internet
As was to be expected, Safer Internet Day (February 5) passed with hardly a mention in Malta. Our media are, quite naturally, too busy reporting (much more than challenging or investigating) what politicians of all shades and hues say during the...
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What’s in a name?
Let me set the record straight from the start - last night I was rooting for Gianluca Bezzina all along. I was rooting for the lad not because he’s related to me, nor because I had heard his song before, and certainly not because he is a medical...
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