That crook Schembri was in court today, pleading that he is not a crook

6 years, 5 months ago

Former Opposition leader Simon Busuttil testified in court this morning, as did the Prime Minister’s More


A parliament of mops and dusters

When I finish cleaning this floor I might get round to turning up in parliament. I …

Maltastar: Now reduced to lying outright

Read this snippet from The Times today: 9,430 utility suspension letters in a year Throughout 2009 the …

Yes, there is a solution to the cleaning lady problem

Two minutes of thought after re-reading my own article this morning, and I suddenly realised …

Robert Arrigo: what a mistake that was

As Robert Arrigo tries to wriggle out of the Nikki Dimech/cocaine addiction/patronage/bribery mess down in …

It's about time somebody told John Dalli where to shove his rabid ambition

Here’s Pierre Portelli, president of the Nationalist Party’s Administrative Council, speaking to the newspaper John …

John Dalli: the ex-girlfriend in the room

Just when you thought that politics couldn’t get more tedious and brain-eroding, John Dalli is …

Trouble in Lilliput

I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of reading about the shenanigans down at …

No, she didn't pay her stamp

Hallast il-bolla? Here are Maltastar’s words of wisdom on the finance minister and his cleaner (about …

Only working class people are paid wages, My Dear Leader

If Joseph Muscat and his nitkellmu bil-Malti ghax ahna Maltin advisers were more familiar with …

While the Mittilkless is starved of its living wage, Tony Zarb sits in the Golden Circle

God, I could have bought a hell of a lot of doughnuts with 400 euros. While …

INCREDIBLE – JUST LOOK AT THIS: SE JERGA' JKUN IL-PARTIT LABURISTA LI JERGA' JKABBAR IL-MIDDLE CLAS...

Toni and Anglu think they’re middle class and Joseph Muscat, feeling superior to them both, …

Joseph and Michelle are High Class

We’ve made it, Michelle! We’re now High Class. You know, Joseph and Michelle Muscat are the …

Labour: the Identity Crisis party

Psst, Joseph! Kif tkun persuna mittilkless? ‘PL is party of middle classes’, Maltastar tells us today, …

Kibitz: a useful word for life in Malta

From the OED: kibitz |ˈkɪbɪts|verb [ intrans. ] to informally look on and offer unwelcome advice, …

The Big Living Wage Question: how much does Joseph Muscat pay the political skivvies at Super One and Maltastar?

God, Michelle, it must be terrible to have to get by on a living wage. …


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