There are old wounds in Maltese politics that never quite heal. They just sit there, faintly throbbing, like a constitutional amendment nobody wants to revisit. One of them is that surreal Xarabank evening when we’ve just been told Labour decided that its own deputy leader, Anġlu Farrugia, was apparently too risky to be allowed within three metres
A Manifesto Promise Left To Weather The Storm Of the three locations most loudly mentioned today, Fort Campbell, White Rocks and Fort Manoel, only Fort Campbell was actually referenced in the 2022 Labour General Election manifesto (point 811). There was no mention of White Rocks. No mention of Manoel Island. But there was another location clearly promised
Europe is very efficient these days. Can’t access abortion in your country? No problem. There’s a proposal on the table to help you travel somewhere else; courtesy of EU funds. Frequent flyer miles not included. Moral clarity optional. The My Voice, My Choice campaign wants the European Union to finance cross-border abortions for women living in countries