Category: Politics
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The 7th Circle of Hell
Another 2 votes yesterday, and more indecisive bickering. Now we arrive at the 7th attempt which has only served to show that Salvini as a strategist fails dismally. He tried to propel Casellati to the top of the hustings yesterday, but she only got half the votes needed. This could be because she is widely…
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5th time lucky.
We’ve had 4 days, and 4 votes for the President of the Republic – all failed. The only winners have been the rolling TV news which has been running 24 hour specials dissecting the total incompetence of the powers that be to elect someone. Now we enter Day 5, and all the parties are saying…
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President what President?
Yesterday Berlusconi withdrew from the Presidential race – ‘for the sake of unity’ and went immediately to hospital to stay in his palatial suite away from tricky questions to undergo ‘tests’ for a few days. Today the great charade of electing a new Presidents starts, and this afternoon the chambers of parliament will host the…
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Denis the Menace
Its been a while since we’ve seen him, he is after all under house arrest serving a six and half year sentence for fraudulent bankruptcy, but Denis Verdini keeps on schmoozing. He’s been writing to his bezzy dell’Utri – convicted mafia henchman of Berlo, as well as Silvio himself. He is of course from…
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Its No Joke
The parties of Salvini and Meloni, and obviously that of Berlusconi, yesterday announced officially that their candidate for President of the Repubblica is Silvio Bunga Berlusconi. Under the arcane rules of voting, it is highly possible that the 84 year old ‘seriously ill’ Silvio could become the next president of Italy. The left and the…
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The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Padrino called a meeting yesterday. Silvio Berlusconi – 85 years old, seriously ill, in the middle of court cases, and close friend of convicted mafia men wants to be President of Italy when Mattarella chucks in the towel in the spring. Not only is it difficult to imagine that every judge in the…
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Do but Don’t
Italy’s bravura at making rules which are made to be broken comes to the fore again. You can get your second COVID vaccine while on holiday this summer. Except that you shouldn’t. The idea being that you should arrange your holidays to not be on the beach when your second vaccine is due. If it…
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The sinner and Saint Raphael
There was once a humble multi billionaire who got caught perverting the cause of justice by paying off witnesses in a bunga bunga crime. Fortunately for the sinner he had given large donations and government funds to a hospital during his time as beloved son and leader of his country. Found guilty when the cock…
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Mattiavelli
The great schemer of his age makes Berlusconi look like an amateur. Now we learn that matteo Renzi, he who says that the Saudi Crown Prince wasnt responsible for the killing of Khashoggi (only verifiable if Renzi himself were responsibile), met the 007 Mancini in a car park. Salvini also met Mancini in the same…
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It’s behind you !
One of the major pastimes in Italy is that of the art of dietrologia – roughly translated as the study of what lies behind it. The Italian press is a master of this subject and can draw fantastical conclusions from a simple fact. Given the history of Italian politics and subterfuge over the last 70…