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Dr Death, alias Ghedini, Berlusconi’s lawyer was in court yesterday, producing all his witnesses who say that Berlusconi’s evenings are high culture with nothing remotely sordid going on. 1st on the list of witnesses was Ruby herself, the young lady who Berlusconi thought was the niece of President Mubarak and more than 17 years old.…

uncle steptoe tells us that the spread is a con and a lie – and is something that we shouldnt give a toss about.  Hmmmm  –  it may be so for a multi billionaire, but for mere mortals with a mortgage, a loan,  and who require public services that rely on borrowing money, it is…

So it’s not just the Maya who can make prophecies.  I predict that monti will stand and take the centre ground.  The AN will splinter and take the hard right.  The left with Bersani will have a hard time keeping their share, and will inevitably drift to the left.  The IDV of Di Pietro will…

Monti has resigned, after the disgraceful show put on by Alfano at the behest of mr Toad last Friday.  So we now have elections in Ferbruary with Steptoe ‘ out to win’    The markets tomorrow will have a field day.  At least Monti does no longer have his hands tied and can say what…

So Mr Toad was to stand up in parliament yesterday and lambast Monti, a clear start to his election campaign, but at the last minute he bottled it and sent the lapdog Alfano to do his bidding.   Poor Silvio doesnt know what to do – he doesnt want to bring down Monti with a…

Berlusconi has ordered his servile horde to abstain on two votes today, one in the senate where an abstention counts as a ‘no’ and one in the ‘commons’.  THe PDL has effectively voted against the law on growth and the the law on development, all a precursor to a hefty no on  the upcoming law…

‘The country needs me’ ‘I am besieged by requests that I return to the fray’ ‘Only I can save the country’.  Words uttered by Uncle Steptoe this very night, as he prepares to announce his candidacy yet again.   It’s time to take to the streets if you dont want Italy to become THE laughing…

So, Mr Toad is to pull the plug on Monti and insist on an election day on Feb 11th apparently.  The reason behind this is  – choose one – a) that having regional and national elections at the same will save the electorate 100 million euros b) that having elections on the same day will…

So the PDL call off the primaries.  There’s not enough time apparently…. or it could just be that they are all servile lapdogs to Mr Toad.  It’s the Emperors new clothes all over again – a wholly autocratic political presence that passes itself off as a democratic party – – a velvet dictatorship of a…

The PDL primaries arent being quite as successful as those of the left held last Sunday.  All arranged months ago, they were to be the model of American democracy, to show just how democratic the autocratic PDL of Berlusconi has become. Then Mr Toad threatened to bring down the government and it was all hands…