Paul Gavan (Ireland, UEL) for the people of Malta. In the background Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi, for the government. “disappointed by the amendments tabled by the Maltese colleagues… when you are in a hole stop digging!” Last night, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of...
The Future is Ours
posted by Jacques René Zammit
Ahora tienen suerte los que nunca tienen suerte Y los que murieron podrán evitar la muerte Las cartas me hablan de lo lindo y de lo feo Tus manos las leo y te cuento lo que veo Estan son mis predicciones pa’ que no nos tropecemos El futuro es nuestro cuando ya lo conocemos En el...
Parliament Strikes B...
posted by Jacques René Zammit
Order to chaos Speaker Bercow stood up and made a statement. He did so from his position within an old and respectable institution and what he said was firmly embedded and rooted in tradition. It was not tradition for the sake of tradition but rather the kind of tradition that forms part...
Unpopular Representa...
posted by Jacques René Zammit
“(An MP) his unbiased opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men living. … Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he...
Judge Grixti’s...
posted by Jacques René Zammit
“They don’t have to show us Catch-22,” the old woman answered. “The law says they don’t have to.”“What law says they don’t have to?”“Catch-22.” Catch-22, Joseph Heller Konrad Mizzi, the government and anybody with...
Public Cleansing, me...
posted by Jacques René Zammit
Paolo Polidori’s Facebook post Last Friday (the 4th of January) the vice-mayor of the Italian city of Trieste put up a post on Facebook in which he explained that while walking through one of the streets of the city he had come across a pile of covers, jackets and other similar...
The Sale of Public L...
posted by Jacques René Zammit
Citizens have a duty to ensure that their government is monitored whenever it manages their public land.
La Liberta’
posted by Jacques René Zammit
Vorrei essere libero, libero come un uomo. Vorrei essere libero come un uomo. Come un uomo appena nato Che ha di fronte solamente la natura E cammina dentro un bosco Con la gioia di inseguire un’avventura. Sempre libero e vitale Fa l’amore come fosse un animale Incosciente come un...
9 months
posted by Jacques René Zammit
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A nation of tree bug...
posted by Jacques René Zammit
Strong winds in Luxembourg last night uprooted several trees around the country. Bad weather can be a bummer. That’s bad weather though, in Malta some idiot sitting at a desk decided to kill a tree that had lived through a world war because “it was becoming dangerous for passers by”....
Demagogija fl-Ewwel ...
posted by Jacques René Zammit
Smajt id-diskors kollu ta’ Muscat illum ghal dnubieti. L-isforz li ma jissemmiex l-iljunfant li hemm fil-kamra kien enormi… ggantesk… l-uniku haga kbira li kien hemm fil-pjazza fil-fatt. Id-demagogija tista’ tigi iddistillata f’zewg fazi: hawn hafna flus dehlin...
Let the Pageant Begi...
posted by Jacques René Zammit
The irony of Pilatus being in prison on the cusp of Easter. Barabbas must be pissing himself and Judas can feel the noose around his neck. reactions Facebook Comments Box spread the word:TweetEmailPrintMoreLike this:Like...