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...
il-flus ma jikbrux f...
posted by Jacques René Zammit
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...
Chameleon Politics
posted by Jacques René Zammit
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...
Perspectives: Vote M...
posted by Jacques René Zammit
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...
Politics Zero
posted by Jacques René Zammit
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...