France’s migrant hypocrisy
The French have revealed yet again their shameless hypocrisy in regard to Europe’s illegal migrants crisis that this year looks…
Boats and bambini
The battle for the soul of Italy
Should Italy’s killer bear be sentenced to death?
The female bear that mauled to death a male jogger in the Italian Alps on 5th April was captured this…
Troubled waters
Meloni’s plan to ‘stop the boats’
Shifting the axis
Giorgia Meloni’s vision for Europe
The hounding of Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi has been acquitted of paying bribes worth €10 million (£8.9 million) to female guests at his notorious bunga…
Georgia Meloni’s first 100 days have proved her critics wrong
Macho Italy’s first woman prime minister Giorgia Meloni has now governed for 100 days and I cannot help but notice…
Qatargate has exposed the staggering hypocrisy of the European left
Ravenna, Italy Everyone in Britain has focused on what the Qatargate corruption scandal reveals about the European Union – but not…
When it comes to migrants, Britain needs to be more French
Rishi Sunak’s fighting talk as he launched the latest Tory crackdown on illegal Channel migrants this week, with the dramatic words…
Silvio’s mission
Berlusconi reckons he’s the man to broker peace in Ukraine
How Mussolini invented fascism
Benito Mussolini, the revolutionary socialist inventor of fascism who came to power 100 years ago this week, was one of…
Giorgia Meloni shows Silvio Berlusconi who’s boss
Giorgia Meloni, who is about to become Italy’s first female prime minister, has won her first major battle. It was…
Giorgia Meloni can’t afford to fight the EU
Ravenna, Italy The victory of Giorgia Meloni in Italy with ahuge majority of seats in parliament has prompted the expected…
Prima donna
Giorgia Meloni is favourite to be Italy’s next prime minister. What does she really believe?
Mario Draghi’s fall and the death of Italian left-wing populism
So, another unelected Italian government is collapsing, and the putatively pro-democratic media are all calling it a ‘dark day.’ In…
Could Giorgia Meloni become Italy’s next prime minister?
At the last Italian general election in 2018 the right-wing populist party, Fratelli d’Italia, got just 4 per cent of…
Boris is a saint compared to ‘Bunga Bunga’ Berlusconi
It was only a matter of time before someone really twisted the knife in and compared Boris ‘partygate’ Johnson to…
Roman myths
Ravenna, Italy The war in Ukraine has caused an unholy convergence of the left and right in Italy.…
Popularity contest
Might war in Ukraine boost populism?
Do Russians support Putin’s war?
Everyone is calling the conflict in Ukraine Putin’s war and insisting that it has nothing to do with the Russians…
The pointless tyranny of Italy’s Covid pass
While most European countries, especially Britain, are relaxing their Covid restrictions, Italy which has the toughest of the lot, this…
Wolf at the door
Italy’s wolves are on the march
Sergio Mattarella is Italy’s captive president
Ah, those Italians! Italy’s parliament spent last week trying and failing to elect a new president in seven secret ballots.…
Mario Draghi and the murky quest to find Italy’s next president
In ancient Rome, a diviner called a haruspex would observe the entrails of sacrificed sheep and poultry, especially their livers,…
Bounce back
Can Berlusconi become Italy’s next president?
