• J'accuse : The Forces of Daftness

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    Thursday night I watched a great documentary called Teenage Revolution on Channel 4. In it, stand-up comedian Alan Davies charts the political, social and cultural upheavals in the UK of the eighties. During the programme, Davies chooses to interview the then Labour leader (now Lord) Neil Kinnock, who was busy with a revolution of his…

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  • The Leap of Faith

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    Many are rushing to “apologise” to MP Justyne Caruana for the rash judgements they had made with regards to her potential role in the resignation of Chris Said from the post of Parliamentary Secretary. It’s an interesting development and one that requires a leap of faith. The association began yesterday when the press conference called…

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  • Cultivating Ignorance

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    If Malta wasn’t sufficiently steeped in partisan ignorance, Inhobbkom Joseph would have to invent it. His latest intervention in the light of Chris Said’s resignation does not just defy logic but it creates a whole new universe of abject insensitivity, crass opportunism and is the political equivalent of the cheap whore that nobody would pay…

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  • Leading by Example – Chris Said

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    Like a bolt out of the blue (or “out of the blues” if you speak Jose Herrera English) we have just received the news of Chris Said’s resignation from  his post of Parliamentary Secretary. I have on previous occasions, had the opportunity to praise the sterling work and promise of PS Chris Said and can…

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  • Intercettati FC – Trema, intercettato, trema

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    An article from today’s webnews and opinion. The recent developments in the Napoli trials continue to confirm J’accuse’s line since 2006. Juventus was no more guilty than any other of the “rubacchioni” in the Serie A over the last twenty years. Juventus paid for a conflation of a “malcostume” because it was convenient for others…

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  • Through the Eyes of Fanatics (Limp Biscuit)

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    I have been trying to get hold of the opinion columns on MaltaToday since David Friggieri told me that he made a fleeting mention to the J’accuse column on The Malta Independent on Sunday in his own MaltaToday column last Sunday. Thanks to Online Editor Matthew Vella I finally got to read through the article…

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