Most journalists don’t care much about the law. The finer points of multiple concurring opinions are hardly catnip for the press corps — if indeed one can talk of a corps covering the UK Supreme Court rather than a few isolated snipers. If the Supreme Court is ever to gain widespread media attention — and [...]
Anyone know how much, as a percent, each party asks its deputies and senators to contribute to the party from their indennità? or how this is enforced? or if there’s a paper trial?
This is why it pays to establish your own micro-party in Italian politics.
And this is when Berlusconi is at his best. It’s not quite the LBJ treatment, but I imagine it’s almost as effective.