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and they’re taking aim – Friday is the date when the fan will be hit full on, the reason being Uncle Steptoe whose nose is decidedly out of joint because he’s not important any more. To be fair, the entire Pdl is a bit miffed, because they have been dallying around the regional elections which…

For the umpteenth time parliament has thrown out  a law  which would put acts of homophobia on a par with sexism and racism.   Bizarrely on the same day that France voted to allow same sex marriage, and Spain retroactively condoned the 23000 gay marriages already celebrated, Italy (or rather the PDL, Lega Nord and…

Antonio di PIetro is the leader of Italia dei Valori – a left of centre party set up in the wake of Tangentopoli (the bribery scandal) that brought down the last republic and led to the rise of Berlusconi.  Di Pietro was one of the magistrates who brought various lynch pins of Tangentopoli to justice,…

Amidst all the doom and gloom and jockeying for position in the high echelons of government, there is a bit – admittedly  a tiny bit – of good news. Liquidfeedback – is embodied by the pirate party of Italy – and who are about to have a voice in parliament.  It is possibly the most…

I watched Berlusconi’s wax effigy hold a press conference the other day – surreal stuff. A 90 min diatribe against his enemies, wounded pride, and a total lack of any grasp of reality.  Hand literally wringing, sweaty and slurred of speech, Mr Toad became the vision of a man who has tipped over the edge…

So the universal party that welcomed the demise of Uncle Steptoe’s political career may have been a tad premature.   It now appears that it could well be  the parting of the ways only of Mr Toad and the PDL.     He has now ordered (here I have to say allegedly bearing in the…

As Maggie said – hang out the bunting, as Steptoe has decided that he will not remain as PdL candidate for PM – ‘ for the love of my country’.  It has obviously nothing to do with the fact that he is at around 6% in the polls. Careful with the bunting though …. within…

Poor Romney – he cant understand them.  Compared to Berlusconi of course, who yesterdaylet slip his new political party – the Fratelli d’Italia – Italian Brothers – and the first line of the national anthem.  This new party is not just a rehash of the PdL – sources say that Steptoe is no longer answering…

It’s all going terribly ‘forma di pera’ in Lombardy. The president of said region – Formigoni (never knowingly oversold and never seen in the same clothes twice) is mired ever deeper in the Lombardian oak. The latest disaster to overtake il Formigoni is not of his own making.  A worthy PDL (isnt is always?) deputy…

The magnanimity of uncle Steptoe is universally acknowledged, but even he has outdone himself this time.   The PDL is at a record low of 18% and is falling apart at the seams.  It isnow unelectable, and Steptoe has realised that he is a liability for the centre right.   Despite trying to push through…