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This weekend has seen the nadir of Italian politics, if it were possible to sink further. On Saturday the lecherous old perv hosted a rally in Brescia against the communist judges. The pdl claimed that it was a normal electoral rally – (for which elections noone seems to know), and on that basis they wheeled…

This pathetic show of parliamentary democracy really irks me sometimes.  We have a government led by the PD with 9 leftie ministers and 6 righty ministers and a couple of old middle people and thats it.  It will, we are promised, be a new broom – to do what though?  A week after its unveiling,…

We have a  government.  The new PD prime minster Enrico Letta has put together his cabinet which includes PDL (conservatives) Centrist Montiani and PD (Labour) ministers.  And just for fun theres a couple of technocrats in there.  The far left SEL and the Northern League will be in constructive opposition apparently, and theres not a…

A week of party politics taken to the max, the inevitable disintegration of the old/new left, and an old man reelected until he is an even older man.  Grillo shouts that there has been a mini coup, and advocates a march on Rome – not the cleverest thing to do – and his moderate supporters…

The elections for the new President start today and behold – Bersani and Berlusconi have come to an agreement before they even begin.  FOr Marini – who failed spectacularly to get elected in Molise and is ‘acceptable’ only because he is so far inside the ‘machine’ that he must have cogs up his jacksy.  …

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuliano_Amato Its the last days of desperate arse saving diplomacy to decide who is going to be the next President of the Republic.  Forget the fact that it is now 55 days since the elections and tehre is no majoirty, no government, no PM, no policy.  Forget that all the highbrow words mask only one…

Ive been offline because I couldnt think of anything to say.  This country makes a mockery of its own arcane self.  It is now 6 weeks since the elections and there is still no government, Monti is still PM – and all the new new MP’s are drawing fat salaries.  And there will be no…

Silvio has announced himself to be open to anything to help form a government to help Italy out of its mess.  Translated this means – never in a million years, but it’ll make him look good and statesmanlike.  Bersani loses, Berlusconi wins and is already ahead in the polls.

A month of ‘negotiations’ and we still dont have a government. Bersani is set to fail and its back to the hustings. Silvio will be thrilled – he can claim legitimate impediment for all his trials till the next elections – probably in July.  The M5S is satisfied, convinced they will do even better next…

DOM Silvio is getting hot under his collar.  Its not the uveitus you understand which results in him going round in dark glasses like a very inferior mafia henchman, its this bloody thing called democracy.   Poor love, you can understand his predicament.  He loses an election and nobody will do as he says.  The…