J’accuse was right. Nobody or practically nobody voted the J’accuse way. There, that settles that one. What else happened? Disillusioned nationalists stayed at home. Turnout was around 79% and Labour got around 57% of the vote of the people who bothered to turn out. Of those who...

This article and accompanying Bertoon appeared on today’s edition of The Malta Independent on Sunday. I recently learnt of a very special old Maltese “gadget” when chatting with a Maltese linguist who works at the European Parliament. For a while I thought he was pulling my...

Malta’s internet Gossip Column today reminded me of those Top Trump Horror Cards that we used to play at school. You know, the ones with Dracula, Frankenstein and Werewolf. J’accuse had pointed out that the nationalist campaign and the (master)minds behind seemed to have no...

J’accuse has done its bit of political reflecting for a while now. And the conclusion of all this reflecting on the local political scene? Easy… it sucks. P.S. If anyone is looking for me I’m the one on the deckchair in Ghadira. :) Facebook Comments Box spread the wor

A few snapshots of my first day in Malta. Drove straight to Ghadira from the airport and had a lovely afternoon swim in crystal clear waters with no sign of jellyfish in sight. Later, when the sun set and I had gone through thede rigeur “torta with gbejna and ful” (pie with gozo...

Fausto insists. J’accuse wrote “tout est possible” instead of “tout devient possible” in order to create a spurious link between the Nationalist and Sarkozy campaigns. Ok. Click on “Read More” for some lovely picture games… That is what...

Last minute pitches from the last minute candidates. The pitch is high now that we enter the last two days of election fever. Is it really fever? Are the polls right in saying many people will opt to stay home? Will they venture out of their homes and caravans to vote on the day anyway? Is...

On 6th June 2009 vote the J’accuse way! Vote Crossly, Cross-Vote 1. CASSOLA 2. MIZZI 3. DEMICOLI J’accuse… pushing the right buttons since 2005 Facebook Comments Box spread the word:TweetEmailPrintMoreLike this:Like...

This one goes out to the Boyz in Blue (no expenses spared) and the Red Revolutionaries (they’re coming home, they’re coming home)  to Paul Borg Olivier, Louis Grech, Vincent Farrugia, John Attard Montalto, Stefano Mallia, Glenn Beddingfield and David Casa. Press ENLARGE button to...

More Push The Wrong Button antics in today’s Times. This time it is Nationalist (sic) candidate Vince Farrugia who accidentally sent an email directive from Stefano Mallia intedned to guide all PN MEP candidates to the Times. “I am very taken up with the demands of the election...

“You will not read about this in J’Accuse even though at one point it seemed that the man could not get enough reminding us that the Nationalist slogan for the 2008 general election “Flimkien kollox possibli” was plagiarised from Sarkozy’s 2007 presidential campaign slogan....

This article and accompanying Bertoon appeared in yesterday’s edition of the Malta Independent on Sunday. The next time you will be reading this column there will be five new Maltese MEP’s and one MEP in waiting. The people will have spoken and the verdict will have been read out....