Sunday 11 October 2026

This country is tired of fighting for its rights

October 11, 2026 | No comments

Occasionally, a news story which has dominated the headlines can give me enough material to write about a new topic, but there are times, like today, when all I feel is fatigue and ennui. The same problems hover over us, weekly, monthly, yearly and yet the government seems to have been consumed by inertia or indifference or both; unable or unwilling to tackle what really matters to the average person.

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The money has to come from somewhere 

October 4, 2026 | No comments

This week, Finance Minister Clyde Caruana went on record as saying he does not want to be the person who “kills this country’s economy” and that is why energy subsidies will not be removed under his watch. Fair enough –  I don’t think any rational person wishes Malta to collapse either because we will all suffer as a result.

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A disrupted conference, pointless hindsight and a slice of pizza

September 27, 2026 | No comments

It is clear that we need more than just street protests to shake this government from its complacency and its smug assumption that people will simply forget about the blatant corruption and move on. A protest will be “tolerated”, and afterwards those who made the effort to show up will go home and, no matter how angry they still are, they inevitably have to resume their lives.

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