Category Archives: berlusconi

Pride

Posted on April 9, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Recognise this fat buffoon on the left? (Not Berlusconi, the one with glasses.) There’s no reason why you should unless you’re an Italian abroad and received some electoral bumph from his personalissimo party, Italiani nel Mondo – and, I hope, … Continue reading →

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Conjugation

Posted on March 22, 2008 by Charles Lambert

This is one of a collection of doctored electoral posters that you can find at the la Repubblica site. A lot of them are funny in a fairly heavy-handed way, though you’ll need Italian to appreciate them, but this one … Continue reading →

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Monkey business

Posted on March 22, 2008 by Charles Lambert

The logo of the brand (sic) new Democratic Party here in Italy has been reminding me of something for some time. I realised what it was today. As if that wasn’t enough, the woolly monkey now used to advertise PG … Continue reading →

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Cream for (fat) cats

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Charles Lambert

This smug bastard is called Sergio De Gregorio. He was elected senator two years ago for one of the smaller parties of Prodi’s centre-left coalition. A few weeks after the election he had an epiphany, funded by Berlusconi, and discovered … Continue reading →

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Fright

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Charles Lambert

It’s standard practice in the run-up to elections for opposition leaders to accuse the government of practically anything short of first degree homicide (pace Andreotti), knowing full well that retaliation only makes the retaliator look pathetic. It’s an old playground … Continue reading →

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Home from home

Posted on February 6, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Occupied with more pressing matters, Berlusconi won’t be grieving beside his mother’s tomb on a daily basis. He’s done the next best thing. He’s had her buried between a stand-up comic and Wanda Osiris, soubrette.

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Spelling

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Charles Lambert

I was writing about Berlusconi in a private email (yes, I’m obsessed) and my Google spell-check didn’t recognise him. I clicked to see what alternatives I was offered and found, at the top of the list, wanderlust. So maybe it … Continue reading →

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Bananas

Posted on January 22, 2008 by Charles Lambert

As predicted in my last post, Clemente Mastella has withdrawn his three (yes, that’s right, three) senators from the Italian senate, depriving the Prodi government of its majority of two (yes, that’s right, two). The government’s been looking like a … Continue reading →

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Pontification

Posted on January 11, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Ratzinger’s campaign against Italy’s newly-formed Partito Democratico (PD) continues apace. Not content with planting his emotionally warped moles (read, self-mortifying Paola Binetti and the other so-called Teodems – though what they understand of theology or democracy is anybody’s guess) into … Continue reading →

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Chequebook politics

Posted on December 13, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Berlusconi’s famous for the lavish gift he bestows on friends, colleagues, employees, visiting heads of state. He’s fond of inscribed gold watches but anything flashy and expensive will do, so long as it encourages (or rewards) loyalty and impresses his … Continue reading →

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