Wankellectuals of the world unite! They’ve woken up and sniffed a vacuum. And they will battle to fill/void it in their very special way. The progressive intellectuals of New Labour started it, they did. Here is maltastar.com speaking of new “think tank” IDEAT that was probably the result of cell mitosis at Labour HQ. Coming…

There is nothing that surpasses ruling with benevolence. However, to put into practice enough benevolent governing to rule the country is difficult. To do this lukewarmly would result in neglect. If governing with benevolence is difficult, then it is best to govern strictly. To govern strictly mans to be strict before things have arisen, and to…

My attention has been drawn to the fact that last Sunday’s Sundays included a number of references to this blog – mostly thanks to the Great Issue of last week in which J’accuse explored the background and repercussions of Labours employment of Marisa Micallef. Unfortunately I was travelling for most of Sunday and therefore I…

Labour leader Joseph Muscat yesterday said he would be asking people to take to the streets and stage a protest against the way the government was leading the country. (Times) They’ll soon be telling you that you are not cool Joe. And they’d be right. You may gift wrap your “Issa Daqshekk” Union in new…

“I would never leave the party. I am a fourth generation person. First generation was when an Arrigo was a speaker of parliament. (Talk of crossing to Labour) would come from some foul-mouthed people.” – Robert Arrigo (interviewed by Herman Grech on www.timesofmalta.com)  Robert Arrigo must be cool. By his own admission he is an ongoing…

This was the week of tsunamis, earthquakes and missile tests. It was the week when an EU inquiry finally found that Georgia was to blame for starting the Georgia-Russia war (and that Russia over-reacted). It was the week in which the Chinese People’s Republic celebrated its 60th year of communism, the G20 summit ended with…