Musical chairs at Electoral Commission as political parties prepare for looming elections
Several new faces reflecting the recent leadership changes at
The Shift Team
September 15, 2021 17:05
The democracy of pigeons
Tell me that an election is coming without telling
Jacques René Zammit
September 14, 2021 08:04
Voters held to ransom
As speculation about a possible November election intensifies, the
Blanche Gatt
September 9, 2021 08:35
‘Run, rabbit, run’
Just as we began to digest the conclusions of
Blanche Gatt
August 3, 2021 06:59
Heading straight for the brick wall
That famous ‘40,000’. According to The Times’ survey published
Blanche Gatt
July 27, 2021 09:32
Delay, disrupt, distract: the oil scandal case stumbles on PL’s favourite tactics
Chief Justice Mark Chetcuti last week issued a blistering
Blanche Gatt
July 20, 2021 07:30
PAC hearing highlights unexplained pay-out arrangements between Electrogas shareholders
The public accounts committee today slammed witness Paul Apap
Julian Delia
June 16, 2021 18:53
Party people
The Party is paramount. All hail the Party. The
Jacques René Zammit
August 3, 2020 09:53
Robert Trump: The politics of the absurd
Here is something to think about: there were less
Jacques René Zammit
July 27, 2020 11:04
A Constitution for the Parties
I write this article 1000 days since a particularly
Jacques René Zammit
July 13, 2020 08:32
Labour’s Church of Victimology
“Don’t blame the victim”. Finance Minister Edward Scicluna’s comments
Jacques René Zammit
June 29, 2020 08:43
Abela’s can, Muscat’s worms
Consider these two extraordinary cases. A minister does the
Ranier Fsadni
February 2, 2020 07:22
Uncomfortably dumb through Yuletide
We’ve put an ignominious Republic Day commemoration behind us,
Jacques René Zammit
December 16, 2019 07:30
Ending the siege mentality
One of the dominant ways in which we think
Ranier Fsadni
September 8, 2019 08:36
Standards are set at the top
The construction industry disaster has briefly opened a dark
Petra Caruana Dingli
June 19, 2019 07:20
Defenders, deniers, traitors, avoiders: MEP candidates on press freedom
MEP candidates agree that press freedom and the rule
The Shift Team
May 23, 2019 15:17
Down the Gozo rabbit hole
It is impossible to support a road tunnel from
Petra Caruana Dingli
April 24, 2019 07:03
Pravda in the Med
“The Party is always right.” At least, that’s what
Ryan Murdock
February 28, 2019 18:18
Government refuses to publish secret deal to transfer prime public land
The government should immediately publish the secret Memorandum of
The Shift Team
February 6, 2019 12:39
The other party crisis
The meaning of every crisis borrows from others looming
Ranier Fsadni
January 6, 2019 09:25
We shall not be led ‘like sheep to the slaughter’
In 1783, one of the founding fathers of the
The Shift Team
November 26, 2018 12:46
Disinformation Watch #25: Going for broke – 17 Black
Reacting to news revealing the mysterious owner of Dubai
The Shift Team
November 11, 2018 07:46
Malta puts the ‘cult’ in culture
It’s no secret that the Maltese put the ‘cult’
Andrew Galea
October 31, 2018 10:00
When the positive turns negative: The PN’s mission to please Labour
The Nationalist Party’s new leadership is silent on Malta’s
The Shift Team
June 21, 2018 16:47
Aquarius crisis reignites cross-party racism
Last week’s diplomatic row between Italian interior minister Matteo
The Shift Team
June 18, 2018 15:05
Perpetuating tribalism at the University student council elections
The polls are clear. New voters are increasingly disenfranchised
Benjamin Dalli
April 22, 2018 12:51
Life in the trenches of political warfare 
The headquarters of the two main political parties sit
Andre Delicata
April 9, 2018 15:27
2017: A ‘strongman’ wins the country, another the PN
The last quarter of 2017 saw a dramatic change
James Debono
December 27, 2017 06:00

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