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AD’s PRO André Vella has submitted this post as a Zolabyte. In this piece and accompanying infographic Vella compares how the three parties square up before all the manifestos were published. A political manifesto is the official seal of approval of a party’s agenda when (and if) in power; but the truth is that certain…
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You would not believe me but this election has many many echoes of 2008. This government is bending over backwards in order to show the voters how much change it has already brought into place and there is no doubt that some sort of progress has been achieved. On the other hand this blog was…
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Illejla għaddej skambju ħelu bejn iż-żewġ partiti. Il-kelma ġġib hekk. jien nibqa konvint li kampanja elettorali bħal din tiswa mitqla deheb għal min janalizza il-filosofija tal-kelma u l-komunikazzjoni – altro che Abelard. Fil-bidu tad-disgħijnijiet l-intellettwali tal-PN (jew dawk li kienu jaqbdu ktieb b’idejhom) kienu jittfantsu b’Karl Popper. Dak kien iwissi ħafna dwar il-perikli tat-televiżjoni u…
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It’s a good thing that the parties have gone ballistic with colours in their campaign – the obsession is second only to their quasi-fanatic devotion to the newfound toys in the social media sphere. You’d have a hard time catching up with the goings on all over the place between twitter, facebook, party websites, press…
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As the chances of falling below the poverty line across Europe increases, the combined value of the Manchester City football squad is currently 419,615,000 €. Until Manchester City won the Premier league title, the owners spent over 700,000,000 €. That could buy you a BWSC plant, an inter-connector and the hypothetical new Labour party plant.…
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They kicked off. The campaigns that is. By some unwritten conspiracy I was meant to leave the island the day it all went into top gear – only just. I was still in Malta when Joseph Muscat’s team went for the mother of all gimmicks and gave us the midnight launch. Did we need to…