Month: May 2018

Hot under the Colle

The temperature at the Colle (parliament) this week must be pretty high.  Judging by the chatter in…

The mighty fall

Lots of arrests in Sicily this week, all connected to Antonio Calogero Montante – ex president of…

The Silvio’s hit the fan

Hold on to your hats kids – Silvio has just been allowed to stand for parliament –…

How to get ahead and influence people

Heres a story for any aspiring businessman.  Modican chocolate is famous.  Apparently.  It is made to the…

Democritically Italian

The situation afterthe President tutted and rolled his eyes yesterday hasnt changed.  Nobody want to play with…

Talk to the hand,cos the face ain’t listening

  On Monday Presdient Mattarella will hold last ditch talks to try and find a government –…

To the wire and beyond.

It’s been a month of openings and closures: Di Maio for the M5S trying to get support…