I’m watching events in Italy with some trepidation and on Thursday I’m going to see for myself how matters are unfolding in our little corner of it. The general rejoicing at Berlusconi’s departure won’t of course automatically bring in a government able to tackle the grievous structural problems and zero growth. Even putting in Mario…
Taking one final week in Italy before returning to the parliamentary fray next week. One delightful consequence of this blog was I was contacted by Charles Young, the author of ‘Impunity’ the new book about Berlusconi, after he saw my blog reference a few weeks ago http://lordsoftheblog.net/2010/08/03o. It turns out he and his wife have…
