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Dear readers,
I need a little bit of help this morning getting my head round some astonishing recent election results from mainland Europe.  If the same trends translate to our very own General Election in just a few weeks time, we could all be in for a nasty surprise.  Here’s a summary of what has been happening:
ITALY: The Northern League, [...]

From the Guardian:
“I am, and not only in my own opinion, the best prime minister who could be found today,” he told a press conference yesterday. “I believe there is no one in history to whom I should feel inferior. Quite the opposite.”  The problem, he explained, was that “In absolute terms, I am the [...]

“They should see it like a weekend of camping.”
- Silvio Berlusconi, continuing his superb run of recent gaffes.  An estimated 17,000 people have been made homeless by the powerful earthquake which struck the Abruzzo region of central Italy on Monday, with many of them enduring freezing temperatures in tent cities put up by the army. [...]

“I want to send a message to all those who mismanaged our savings”
- the message shouted by Laura Perego, an Italian porn actress, as she stripped off in the Milan stock exchange yesterday in a protest at financiers.  She walked into the stock market in a black coat, which she took off to reveal her [...]

Next time you’re sitting on a train or bus, make sure that you don’t make eye contact with anyone else – unless you want to end up in prison.

If you think MP’s in this country get a good deal from the taxpayer, just wait until you read about what the Italians get!