Traditional parties in difficulty as Labour endorsed by less than half voting population
While Labour celebrates its third consecutive victory at the
The Shift Team
March 28, 2022 12:41
Over 100 billboards on 50km stretch, at least €670,000 spent on digital advertising
The Labour Party campaign dominates political advertising on both
The Shift Team
March 24, 2022 16:24
How the public broadcaster is letting us down
If Television Malta (TVM) were your only source of
Elizabeth De Gaetano
March 24, 2022 09:26
Home to roost – Blanche Gatt
The day after tomorrow, according to all the major
Blanche Gatt
March 24, 2022 06:19
UPDATED: Constitutional Court rejects PN request for prison vote re-run
Updated to include the Constitutional Court’s justification for its
Julian Delia
March 23, 2022 18:24
Do polls produce self-fulfilling prophecies?
As the electoral campaign comes to the end of
Julian Delia
March 23, 2022 14:33
First impressions: the governing party’s raft of electoral promises
In another instalment of The Shift’s 2022 elections series,
Julian Delia
March 12, 2022 18:27
Manifestos vs voter concerns: does the PN square up?
In the context of yet another election dominated by
Julian Delia
March 9, 2022 18:03
The big manifesto crunch: what are parties in opposition proposing?
In the interest of preserving The Shift’s role as
Julian Delia
March 8, 2022 15:25
Elections in Wonderland
We seem to have slipped through the looking glass
Jacques René Zammit
February 23, 2022 09:37
Government refused to ‘include a reference to journalism as the fourth pillar of democracy’ – IGM co-founder resigns
One of the co-founders of the IGM (journalists’ association)
Julian Delia
February 17, 2022 17:14
Weaponising the vote
A reader has written to urge me to make
Ranier Fsadni
February 6, 2022 07:42
It’s not about money
The government has no intention of debating the Opposition’s
Elizabeth De Gaetano
January 20, 2022 11:58
Stream of congratulations for Roberta Metsola, European parliament’s new president
After a plenary session which saw Maltese MEP and
The Shift Team
January 18, 2022 17:44
Opposition not consulted on composition of commission to implement public inquiry findings despite government claims of ‘broad consultation’
Updated to include the reaction of the Daphne Caruana
The Shift Team
January 8, 2022 16:26
Measure for measure
Consider this. In just one week three members of
Jacques René Zammit
December 22, 2021 07:05
Auditor General report on hospitals’ deal confirms government repeatedly favoured concessionaire over taxpayers in negotiations
In its second published report on the Vitals Global
Julian Delia
December 14, 2021 17:01
Finance minister conceals last three years of Air Malta accounts, previously always made public
Finance Minister Clyde Caruana has repeatedly refused to answer
Julian Delia
December 9, 2021 15:53
Underwhelming Asset Recovery Bureau has seized just €18,000 since 2020
The Asset Recovery Bureau (ARB), initially set up in
Julian Delia
December 1, 2021 14:57
Former and current MPs milked OPM for ‘legal services’ worth €426,000 since 2017
A parliamentary question published on Wednesday revealed that the
Julian Delia
November 25, 2021 16:51
Labour Party supporter charged with threatening, harassing prominent activists, writers, politicians
Labour Party supporter Joseph Mary Borg was remanded in
Julian Delia
November 24, 2021 17:10
Wrecking the PN’s chances
If the PN continues to ignore Bernard Grech’s weak
Blanche Gatt
November 16, 2021 07:57
Konrad Mizzi filibusters his way through second PAC appearance
Disgraced former Minister Konrad Mizzi again avoided answering any
The Shift Team
November 10, 2021 16:40
Coral Mizzi
Corals just look dead but they’re alive.  The most
Kevin Cassar
November 10, 2021 07:26
Absolution by the masses
I find myself regularly returning to the subject of
Jacques René Zammit
November 8, 2021 07:42
PN files judicial protest against government over ‘fraudulent and corrupt’ Steward Healthcare deal
The Nationalist Party announced in a press conference held
Julian Delia
November 6, 2021 12:18
Still no denial from government on ‘shocking’ revelation of Steward claims Vitals deal was ‘fraudulent and corrupt’ – PN
Updated to include PN MP Adrian Delia’s speech in
October 27, 2021 13:26
Government is ‘denying reality’ on Steward Health Care deal
Opposition MP Adrian Delia on Monday accused the government
Julian Delia
October 26, 2021 11:46
Heroes with feet of clay
Do they really not get it, all those “prosit
Blanche Gatt
October 9, 2021 07:29
Nation in disbelief over ‘obscene’ news of injured worker dumped on pavement
After the publication of shocking images of a terrified
Julian Delia
September 28, 2021 19:06

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