Josanne Cassar | Robert Abela

When foreigners are used as scapegoats, it means the government is in trouble

November 8, 2026 | No comments

There is an uncomfortable similarity between what the Maltese government is doing and the way Trump successfully managed to direct the public’s anger towards immigrants (instead of himself) for so long. During these past two years he managed to deflect from the fact that his decisions were disastrous and he tapped into an inherent prejudice and bigotry among a large segment of Americans instead.

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.

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.

On boats, luxuries and a tone deaf PM

July 19, 2026 | No comments

As people continue to quibble about what the Prime Minister Robert Abela said or didn’t say in his interview with the Times, what it really boils down to is the message being conveyed behind his words.

Will we wake up today to the same Malta?

June 1, 2026 | No comments

This column first appeared in Malta Today This week, an expat on a FB group who was trying to understand […]

It’s raining…cash and extravagance

May 3, 2026 | No comments

Did Malta strike oil while no-one was looking?

We’re living in a crazy world

February 24, 2026 | No comments

This column first appeared in Malta Today A Royal prince is arrested on suspicion of misconduct. The sight of (former) […]

Desperately seeking: leaders with integrity

February 6, 2026 | No comments

This column first appeared in Malta Today This week Robert Abela had a golden opportunity to set an example by […]

For someone to buy your vote, you have to be willing to sell it

May 27, 2024 | No comments

In February 2022, just before the general elections which were held a month later, PM Robert Abela made an electoral promise that if the Labour Government were to be re-elected, full-time students who continue to study at post-secondary level, would be receiving a subsidy of €500 a year over a period of three years.

This is a bubbling cauldron which should not be ignored

December 5, 2023 | No comments

Speaking in Parliament recently, PN leader Bernard Grech said, “The population has grown substantially and nearly doubled since 2013,

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