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  THE DEMOCRACY OF ITALY   It is this perhaps which is the greatest joke perpretated on the Italians.  In the last few years, it is ever more obvious that what the Italians are repeated told is a democracy is in fact an oligarchy which is now teetering ever more dangerously towards a type of…

It is a woman – it is not a contestant from american’s next drag queen, and it is called Daniela Satanche – where it comes from nobody seems to know, it sprang fully formed into the exfascist party in the mid 90’s.  Being a loggerheads with Berlusconi in the years of Forza Italia it memorably…

Here’s the first of an occasional series about the governing class.   All of you who lament Osborne et al — read and count those lucky stars. />Ghedini (see past posts) is the lawyer and legal gob of Silvio Berlusconi.  He has been in parliament for seemingly yonks, but seems to have switched with aplomb…

So Italy is downgraded to an ‘A’ – and Mr Toad blames the media – forgetting that he owns most of it.   He cant understand why others dont think as he does – but then forgets that he is a senile autocratic petty criminal.   S&P downgraded Italy on the basis of the negative…

Mr Toad: ‘The budget has saved Italy’.  From what exactly?  Not only – we are told – is he the saviour of the Italian world, but it is the most socially balanced and fair budget that was possible – because only the rich pay extra.  Interesting.  1% on VAT will only be paid by the…

its a miracle…. Mr Toad has reached agreement with his croies forthe latest of his emergency budgets.  This one is to raise 45 billion, and he has managed to do it without actually raising any money.   No increase on IVA, no supertax (which will make the footballers happy), more money for the comunes, no…

Mr B has filled up his apointment book for Tuesday so now will be off to Brussels at short notice instead of talking to the magistrates about a suppposed blackmail plot.  He doesnt want to talk about this case to anyone.  The lead magistrate is an Englishman – Woodcock, who is a thorn in the…

The emergency budget changes again – as it has done on a daily basis for the last week.  On Friday it was decided that the comunes could publish the tax returns of ‘contributors’ and you had to include bank details on your tax return – all to stamp out evasion.  Today, no bank details and…

Its all gone hideously quiet.    BErlusconi has not spoken barely at all for ages now.  it may be because he’s senile and can’t quite remember, or more likely because things arent going very well and he doesnt like it.  A new emergency budget, and more taxes adn Mr B disappears, as though he wont…

Try saying his name with a leer of Gollum, and the otiose nature of the man becomes clear.  Vittorio Sgarbi, art critic and politician, is also the rentagob of most tv stations.  He has perfected the art of shouting.  One word, usually something derogatory such as ‘Goat’ over and over and over again.  The pathetic…