Category: Blogroll
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Viminale Stoat
Is an anagram of Matteo Salvini. Fortunate that he works at the Viminale and his familiar would be a stoat. His latest outing into the media concerns the results of the Russian election – roundly denounced by all his allies, the government and the western world as being corrupt. Salvini on hte other hand, given…
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Wot no government?
Some weeks ago we had a general election. We are still waiting for a government. The usual months of putting together a viable coalition havent been necessary this time round, given the emphatic victory of the ‘centre right’, but Giorgia Meloni is learning very quickly that being in the position to take decisions is much…
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Scratch the Surface
Notwithstanding the ludicrous temperatures in my part of Sicily this week, (25 degrees at 6 am, and 50 at 2 pm), the rituals must go on. Now is the time when driving to work you encounter little old men parked appallingly on minor road and blind bends, harvesting capers at dawn, no doubt on the…
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Going viral
Suddenly I seem to have time on my hands, and antibacterial gel. It’s day two of the national lockdown thanks to Covid19, although not alot seems to have changed here in the south of Sicily. There are fewer cars, and people keep their distance, but there isnt the tumbleweed blowing down the Corso as we…
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A strange way to celebrate an anniversary
Its 80 years since Italy passed the racial laws against the Jews and other minorities. To celebrate Salvini has decided to introduce a decree which makes ‘ethnic’ shops shut at 9pm because, he says, they are centres of drug dealing. It’s going to be a short step to having these shops display a logo in…