The temperature at the Colle (parliament) this week must be pretty high. Judging by the chatter in the barber and bar here in Sicily,...
The mighty fall
Lots of arrests in Sicily this week, all connected to Antonio Calogero Montante – ex president of the Sicilian Confindustria with...
The Silvio’s hit the fan
Hold on to your hats kids – Silvio has just been allowed to stand for parliament – the conviction of incandidatability having...
How to get ahead and influence people
Heres a story for any aspiring businessman. Modican chocolate is famous. Apparently. It is made to the Aztec recipe brought here by...
Democritically Italian
The situation afterthe President tutted and rolled his eyes yesterday hasnt changed. Nobody want to play with each other, and the M5S...
Talk to the hand,cos the face ain’t listening
On Monday Presdient Mattarella will hold last ditch talks to try and find a government – this is todays state of play. Lega...
To the wire and beyond.
It’s been a month of openings and closures: Di Maio for the M5S trying to get support for a government led by him, Salvini...
Post seismic activity
Its 9 years ago today that an earthquake shattered Aquila. Reconstruction continues though the state sponsored reconstruction seems to...
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...
20 days and counting
We’re coming up to three weeks since the election, and it’s all still a mess. THere have been approaches, rebuffs and...