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Italian politics

The French connection

There has been quite a lot on the TV here about the rioting in France over the attempts of the French politicos to introduce new

Mr Media and the Professor

I caught a short part of the TV pre-election duel between Mr B and Mr P(rodi) last night (My son was demanding to hear 'music'

Election images

It's easy to tell from all the, I have to say 'amateurish' looking, advertising hoardings popping up right, left and centre that election time is

Coming up to election time

With the exception of the ever more sporadic appearances of a certain D'Alema, all the politicians seem to be just the same as they were

The man at the top

Mr B, the boss of Italy and many things within the country, is gearing up for the elections. Late last year, when I should have

When left is right

Well, the sort of left wing parties here managed to win eleven out of thirteen regions in the recent local elections. The representatives of the

A right mess.

Or so it would seem. I am referring to the provisional results of the local elections which were held here on Sunday and Monday. It