Category: Politics

5th time lucky.

We’ve had 4 days, and 4 votes for the President of the Republic – all failed.  The…

President what President?

Yesterday Berlusconi withdrew from the Presidential race – ‘for the sake of unity’ and went immediately to…

Denis the Menace

 Its been a while since we’ve seen him,  he is after all under house arrest serving a…

Its No Joke

The parties of Salvini and Meloni, and obviously that of Berlusconi, yesterday announced officially that their candidate…

The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Padrino called a meeting yesterday.  Silvio Berlusconi – 85 years old, seriously ill, in the middle…

Do but Don’t

Italy’s bravura at making rules which are made to be broken comes to the fore again.  You…

The sinner and Saint Raphael

There was once a humble multi billionaire who got caught perverting the cause of justice by paying…

Mattiavelli

The great schemer of his age makes Berlusconi look like an amateur.   Now we learn that matteo…

It’s behind you !

One of the major pastimes in Italy is that of the art of dietrologia – roughly translated…

MayDay

Who would have thought that a concert for May Day would become a real mayday alert for…