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The Vatican paper bleated with undisguised glee about the ruins of Rome after the resignation of the mayor of the capital. Marino didnt jump, he was pushed by his own party, which as Marino says did everything short of planting cocaine in his pockets to get him out of office.  The question is why.  Is…

Poor Silvio, the forza Italia mps  are jumping ship and it looks like the overall number could fall to below 40 – the point when a party becomes irrelevant.  Silvio has cancelled the meeting for tomorrow because it appears ‘he has nothing useful to say’ – so its nice they’ve finally realised that .  Freshly back…

Notwithstanding the fine words of theEstablishment that the recovery is underway, the latest data show an Italy on the  brink of disaster.  More specifically the south of Italy which has been abandoned by all governments since the 90’s.  As of yesterday, what we have all known for sometime has become official.  Growth in the last…

What have these four got in common?  Well according to Don Silvio they are all victims of politically motivated crimes.  Or to be accurate the ancient saggy one is on a par with Socrates, Galileo and Jesus. To bolster his self esteem he has told us from on high, that he alone is responsible for the Expo…

The tribunal of Naples gave its sentence yesterday on the buying of a senator by Berlusconi.  It barely made the news, and this morning didnt even make the front pages.  Berlo has been sentenced to 3 years for paying 3 million euros to De Gregorio to cross the floor and join Forza Italia leading to…

There’s been a fire.   You may have read about mafia capitale in the papers – its the thin end of a very large wedge of bribes, false accounting and theft in the comune of Rome to the tune of hundreds of millions of pounds.  Even more galling that usual is that this money comes…

‘You know the saying – if there’s a cow, milk it, but remember you have to feed it too.   These words of wisdom come from the latest public enemy No 1 – Salvatore Buzzi who has emerged as a central figure in Mafia Capitale – which has resulted in further 10’s of arrests over…

The results are in, and the media is dissecting them in its usual partisan way.  The regionals have been decided thus – its was 6 each to the left and the right, and it is now 10-2 in favour of the Democrats.  According the most of the press, this is a resounding defeat for Renzi,…

Its election day – regional elections – and all parties are distancing themselves from whatever may happen.  Por old Silvio has been on telly alot this week – he wowed us with his self awareness on Rai 3, telling us that tv exposure means nothing, and then lamenting that Renzi and Salvini have 6 hours…

In preparation for a wipeout at the elections next week, Silvio has opened an instagram account sharing photos of Francesca, Dudu and his blessing grateful pensioners.   He has decided that shortly he will annoint his successor – there will be no choice or democracy in the vote- Steptoe himself will decide who will fill…