Tag: Partit Laburista
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The Labour Party prepares to mount its an attack against the free press: proposes tougher libel penalties against journalists
Yesterday, the Labour Party gathered its General Conference to approve its election manifesto. The manifesto includes a pledge to increase punitive measures against journalists by increasing libel damages. The measure is being pledged by stealth via very diplomatic wording but the intention is very explicit. There has been no discussion or fancy press conference to…
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Joseph Muscat’s friends influencing planning policy
Joseph Muscat’s friends are still well-embedded in the Labour Party and the government to influence planning policy apart from defending his interests. The same architects of the original Jungle Rules planning and construction policy are making a strong comeback with the Party namely with the election nomination of Deborah Schembri. She is being supported by…
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More of Joseph Muscat’s foot soldiers contesting with the Labour Party
Behind the backdrop of Labour’s myriad election pledges, there are many changes ongoing within Labour and most of them relate to Joseph Muscat who is consolidating his stronghold over the party. The disgraced ex-Prime Minister is by far the most influential figure in the Party and is principally the major conditioning factor to the Prime…
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The unsettling normalisation of Joseph Muscat
It took just a few years for Joseph Muscat to go from being a disgraced prime minister and the world’s Most Corrupt Person of the Year to once again becoming a Labour Party hanger-on, activist, and informal politician. Joseph Muscat has been fully rehabilitated by Prime Minister Robert Abela and the multitude of fake media…
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The Labour Party’s new Economic School: Fantasy Economics
While Malta desperately needs systematic macro-economic solutions to multiple crises, including the infrastructure crisis and the declining birth-rate, the Labour Party, true to the form of a criminal organisation, is turning to a new type of economic school of thought: Fantasy Economics. The Labour Party has published what it is describing as its “Wellbeing Index”…
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Manufacturing outrage with our grifting friends
The problems with the fake outrage over the racism directed at Omar Rababah following his candidature with the Labour Party are twofold. Firstly, the outrage is being fabricated by the Labour Party and Omar Rababah himself, both of whom have been playing the Islamic card to provoke the far-right and racist bigots, while projecting an…
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Political parties extend election promises after business community urges restraint
The myriad of election pledges has continued despite calls by the business community urging restraint to avoid turning the campaign into what the Malta Chamber of Commerce described as a “supermarket-styled” bidding war between political parties. Today, both major parties unveiled further proposals centred on household finances, welfare support and energy costs as the electoral…
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Labour lead drops slightly to 7500 votes in latest MT survey
The Labour Party retains a small lead over the Nationalist Party according to the second MaltaToday survey of 2026. The results place Labour at 48.2% and the PN at 45.6%, giving the governing party a 2.6-point advantage. Compared to the January survey, Labour’s support fell by 0.7 points, while the PN dropped marginally by 0.1…
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A Labour Study by the Opposition Leader: Dictatorship by the Prime Minister
Nothing new was said or announced yesterday during the respective speeches of the major political leaders. The Prime Minister referred to the IMF’s Country Report on Malta which quotes the per capita growth increases. Malta is in league with Romania and Lithuania in this scale of the statistic because real economic growth in small or…
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Wrong choices with long-lasting consequences
The fact that the future of the Labour Party is a choice between Joseph Muscat’s faction and an alternative faction that doesn’t is not surprising. The Labour Party is still stuck in the same predicament it was in 2019-20 and the problem has got worse as Joseph Muscat today, has more influence and power over…
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Concerns raised within Labour that misogyny and homophobia are returning
Long-time Labour Party activist, Mario Gauci has published an unusual post on his social media profile warning that conservative attitudes that his young generation of activists fought against within and outside the party are returning to the party. The post is unusual because Mario Gauci rarely ever goes public with any statement. Mario Gauci was…
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Alex Borg is already being glorified (after doing absolutely nothing)
Alex Borg’s major contribution to Maltese politics has so far been his advocacy for the government’s Fort Chambray project. He became more popular when he lied about it and defended himself by saying that he was personally attacked. You can read our story about this issue here, and you can read for yourself if he was…
