Month: June 2013

While mr Bean Matteo Renzi consolidates his position as leader in waiting for the left of centre coalitions, the fight is on to take over from Silvio on the right. Mariiiiiiiiiiina is up there, enthusiastically supported by Miss Piggy, but the most vicious attack on her comes from the pugnacious little Brunetta, who wails that…

This is the future of the right in Italy.  She is being groomed, combed and slapped to protect the Berlusconi name in all its glory and to defeat Matteo Renzi and stop a communist takeover.   She is Marina – (cue thunderbirds/Captain Scarlett music) Mariiiiinnnaaaaa – Berlusconi, top daughter, head of Mondadori, faithful inheritor of…

Ive been a bit quiet, I know – but Ive been waiting for this government to DO SOMETHING.  Since we have Letta as PM now for 2 months, one would dare to think that something, anything might have been done for this poor flailing failing country.  But all we have since the elections in February…

Are they by any chance related???   I loved that bit in Flash where Ming lost it and shouted ‘More  Hot Hail’.  I was reminded of it yesterday watching DOM Silvio slowly falling to pieces, as his world of yes men and brown noses slowly falls to pieces as one trial after another comes up…

The one thing the Italian public is agreed upon is the end to public financing of political parties.  Yesterday Letta and the bipartisan government signed their own death warrant with a DDL that indeed ends the financing of parties on the basis of a pay per vote system.  You would think the Italians would be…