When the John Dalli musical chairs finally came to an end the Nationalist Party thought that it had found itself a new champion. Simon Busuttil, the new party deputy leader was supposed to help start lifting the party out of the doldrums and more importantly he was to be the projected face of...
The J’accuse r...
posted by Jacques René Zammit
Yet another appointment down under with Marlene Cassandra Galea. J’accuse’s comments on the week in the campaign are once again available for streaming on the SBS site or by clicking on the link below. For some reason I feel obliged to explain to whoever reads (or in this case...
A week in the Banana...
posted by Jacques René Zammit
This blog has had to slow down with the posts due to pressures beyond our control. We will be back over the weekend with a few summaries and reflections. In the meantime enjoy a slideshow of what the satirical facebook page Bananarepublic had to offer. There’s more to politics than...
A second republic on...
posted by Jacques René Zammit
Joseph Muscat is doing his damned best to impart a sense of history and gravitas to whatever grandiose plans he wants to unveil to the public. We are half way through the official election campaign (not to mention the fact that we have been in election mode for over 12 months) and the Labour...
Funding Fundamentals
posted by Jacques René Zammit
For my sins and for want of anything better to do in this snowstorm ridden evening I watched tonight’s edition of Bondi+. It’s been harder than usual getting down to write posts at the usual pace . There’s something about this campaign that is mind-numbing and I think that it...