Month: March 2018

A wailing and gnashing of gums.

Don Silvio is not happy.   He has been plotting complicated manouvres to keep his influence in…

20 days and counting

We’re coming up to three weeks since the election, and it’s all still a mess.  THere have…

Some are more equal than others

Don Steptoe, from the lofty height of Arcore, pronounces that if the allies in the centre right coalition…

Exit stage left followed by a Berl..

Renzi has been ditched by the electorate and by his party.  His retirement to be a ‘simple…

First impasse the post

Under the convoluted and hugely undemocratic rules the election of Italian deputies and senators has thrown up…

Portillo moments

Rehabilitated thanks to a copy of Bradshaw and a dubious choice of pastels, few people now remember…

Erroneous tags

As the results continue to dribble in, Italy has woken up to a bit of a mess….