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Tag: party financing

  • Party Financing and Democracy

    There’s one MP in the house who has maintained a constant position with regard party financing. In an article appearing in today’s papers Franco Debono reiterates his call for proper regulation of party financing while drawing on international reports that describe how failed regulation leads to “trading in influence”. We publish the article in its…

  • Return of the JS List

    Image via Wikipedia Seven months after its original mention in Parliament, Evarist Bartolo has once again brought to the fore the enigmatic “JS List”. Unlike seven months ago we no longer need to speculate as to the meaning of “JS” in the list (our speculations were wrong anyway) since Varist has referred us all to…

  • J'accuse: Stable government and its price

    So David Cameron got to move to number 10 after all. With a little help from his new-found friends, Cameron (and Clegg) ushered in an era of “collaborative politics” that promises to combine effective representation with reasoned administration for the greater good of the people. The much-maligned monster that is coalition government settled in and…

  • What Goes Around Comes Around (at least 1/410.6 does)

    A funny thing happened in the news today. This morning the Times was informing us of the PLPN’s respective takings in the farcical “donations” to the needy parties race. This evening the magnanimous dudes at Triq Herbert Ganado relished a photo op while donating €1,000 from the record sales of the book about former “lijder”…

  • Christmas Party Hampers (declared)

    In which J’accuse provides the commentary on the annual charade of Christmas donations to the Nationalist and Labour parties.