Category: Politics
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Hate crimes, Nationalist Candidates and PLPN Emos
The latest smart cookie from the constellation of Local Council Candidates has hit the news. This time it is Julian Galea – nationalist candidate for the Sliema Council – who has been lucky enough to have been caught on “secret tape” declaiming among other things his “phobia of Labourites” and boasting how his Labour-leaning employees…
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Carmen’s Regressive Thoughts and the Labourite’s Obsession with Government Control
Back in January 2012 Dr Carmen Sammut a specialist in media studies succeeded Aaron Farrugia as Chairperson of Labour’s Think Tank “Fondazzjoni Ideat”. Farrugia had presumably been kicked upstairs (downstairs) and filled the new enigmatic role of secretary to a manifesto. Meanwhile we had high hopes for Dr Sammut who judging by the quality of…
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Prostitution in Malta (a brief idiot’s guide)
No I am not about to list the best way to go about obtaining sexual favours at a price in Malta. I honestly would have no clue how to go about it although I am familiar with the popular locations from Maltese lore where Malta’s equivalent of the Trastevere species would prowl in search for…
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I.M. Jack – the March Hare (I)
1. The State of the Parties (PN) It’s over for GonziPN – or so seems to be the general opinion in the punditry pages. Following Gonzi’s landslide victory in the one-man race poll (96.6%) we are seeing a definite shift away from the one-man monolith that was victorious last election and a contemporaneous effort to…
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Police in their head
I barely had time to take a break when the news on the papers confirmed another of my nauseating rants that I tend to visit every now and then. Minister De Marco announced on Monday that there is nothing in Maltese law that outlaws giving politicians the satirical treatment – especially on the days of…
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Internet Civil Rights – Dr Antonio Ghio replies
Regular readers of J’accuse will know that we are always glad when a post of ours provokes more discussion. We mentioned Dr Ghio’s short quip in the Times interview in our earlier post (The Emperor’s New “Internet Civil Rights”) and Dr Ghio chose to reply with his own thoughts that will surely help to generate…