j'accuse

Bonnett Balzan

  • J'accuse : Ill Communication

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    Jacques René Zammit

    Gareth Compton, Conservative councillor for Erdington in Birmingham (UK), was released on bail on the eve of Armistice Day after he was arrested for an offence under the Communications Act of 2003 on suspicion “of sending an offensive or indecent message”. Compton was questioned about the content of a Tweet of his which read: “Can…

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  • Gonzi Condemns Plategate (and its babies)

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    Jacques René Zammit

    Prime Minister Gonzi’s letter to the Times is a rarity by local political terms. It takes quite a provocation for a PM to put pen to paper and express his thoughts in a letters page on one of the local rags. Foreign leaders are wont to this kind of behaviour although more often than not…

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