Tag: Berlusconi
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The void
This is Elly Schlein, the new leader of the PD (Labour) party in Italy. She is bringing a Corbyn moment to Italian politics, which you may like or not. You wont have heard of her because she is only in the press when they want to rip her apart and make sly digs. What they…
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Its No Joke
The parties of Salvini and Meloni, and obviously that of Berlusconi, yesterday announced officially that their candidate for President of the Repubblica is Silvio Bunga Berlusconi. Under the arcane rules of voting, it is highly possible that the 84 year old ‘seriously ill’ Silvio could become the next president of Italy. The left and the…
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Berlo’s back
As the politicial Freddy Kruger, (every time you think he’s dead, he comes back in a sequel) Silvio Berlusconi made a triumphal entry into Parliament yesterday, complete with photo-op with his plane landing on the tarmac in Rome. Silvio has decided that its time for the country to unite behind Mario Draghi in a last…
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A wailing and gnashing of gums.
Don Silvio is not happy. He has been plotting complicated manouvres to keep his influence in parliament and put the mockers on the M5S, and it has come to nought. Last night it seems that all the carefully plotted alliances with the Lega of Salvini hit the fan. Silvio has been insisting on…