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...
Some are more equal than others
Don Steptoe, from the lofty height of Arcore, pronounces that if the allies in the centre right coalition arent all equal, then all...
Exit stage left followed by a Berl..
Renzi has been ditched by the electorate and by his party. His retirement to be a ‘simple senator’ has lasted a weekend,...
First impasse the post
Under the convoluted and hugely undemocratic rules the election of Italian deputies and senators has thrown up a whole bunch of usual...
Portillo moments
Rehabilitated thanks to a copy of Bradshaw and a dubious choice of pastels, few people now remember the Portillo moment in the Blair...
Erroneous tags
As the results continue to dribble in, Italy has woken up to a bit of a mess. The 5 star is the biggest party at 30%, the right the...