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Lèse Majesté

In the UK, my comments earlier this month about the BBC preferring to promise structural reforms and issue ample apologies instead of sacking people were invalidated by the resignation of BBC 1 director Peter Fincham, following a report by former deputy Director-General Will Wyatt.
In Italy, Clemente Mastella threatens to vote no-confidence in Rai’s board after […]

Posted 07 October 2007 † Chris § fincham § resignation § wyatt § santoro § annozero § rai § italy § BBC ‡ Comments (0)

Wahlsystem all’italiano

Politicians get elected through electoral systems. That ought to mean that they know something about the subject, no?
Not according to today’s wonderful Bonsai column in Repubblica:
“Mastella… has announced that the German [electoral] system would be acceptable to him. Just one condition: “as long as we never speak again of single member districts”. Now, in […]

Posted 20 July 2007 † Chris § italy § electoral reform ‡ Comments (1)

Portfolio allocation

La Repubblica.it has an interesting article about a fight between the Rosa nel Pugno and the Udeur in the battle for places in the future Prodi government. According to the traditional ‘voci non confermate’, Emma Bonino of the Rosa had been a shoe-in for the post of EU Affairs, and Clemente Mastella of the Udeur […]

Posted 02 May 2006 † Chris § bonino § italy ‡ Comments (0)