Opinion column

The pulse of a nation
March 17, 2013 | 3 comments
Last Monday, I overcame my natural aversion to rowdy crowds, boarded a bus and made my way with the rest […]
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Why scaremongering, class hatred and dirty tricks did not win
March 10, 2013 | 7 comments
So, in the end, the vibe many of us had been feeling throughout this campaign was not wrong. A clear, […]
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Ordinary people
March 3, 2013 | No comments
Between the two extremes of Laburisti iffisatti and Nazzjonalisti sal-mewt there is a large swathe of ordinary people who do […]
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Nothing to be ashamed of
February 17, 2013 | 6 comments
Every campaign has its defining moments, and when we look back months from now, Kevin Drake’s participation on Friday’s Affari […]
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Divide and rule
February 10, 2013 | 4 comments
Let’s say, in these last four weeks, there is a major turnaround and the PN starts recovering all its lost […]
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Song politics?
February 3, 2013 | No comments
This country drives me round the bend when it injects politics where it doesn’t belong. From what I’m reading some […]
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Promising the moon
January 27, 2013 | No comments
As we haul ourselves tomorrow into the fourth week of this marathon campaign (yes, six more gruelling weeks to go, […]
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Those elusive 33%
January 20, 2013 | 2 comments
You see? It is quite possible to hold a debate without the booing and the cheering of an ill-informed, partisan […]
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The benefit of the doubt?
January 13, 2013 | 3 comments
Ask anyone at random right now and I bet they will know what you mean when you say ‘interconnector’. This […]
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What a year….
December 30, 2012 | No comments
As this year draws to a close, here is a look back at the stories people were talking about, the […]
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