Carmelo Caruso

“Following the investigations, I would have expected a simple statement from the former presenter of Report: ‘Lavitola is no longer my friend and I am bringing a civil action’,” says the editor-in-chief of the Gazzetta del Sud, who spent many years at RAI and headed up TGR and TG3.

The general is expanding his team by recruiting from the ranks of the military and former diplomats. The cousin of the chair of the parliamentary anti-Mafia commission has been appointed to manage social media. 

A PD insider confides that Cesare Paladino met with Trump’s senior representative: “Let’s just say I meet a lot of people.” And regarding the purchase of the Plaza, “interest remains”. As for the price, “we’re in talks but we’re waiting for more acceptable terms”.

A rally lasting no more than an hour is being organised. The travel expenses? The MPs are footing the bill. It will be a ‘Pontida’ rally centred on identity, with no foreigners present because the ‘punkofasci’ have, thankfully, chosen to stay at home. Nobody feels like speaking, not even Zaia, and even Giulia Bongiorno, the last to speak, is said to have suggested to the secretary that he should think about the future. The only thing uniting them is Bossi.

“Elections can be won or lost, but once credibility is lost, you cannot regain it. I do not want to lose it,” says the Prime Minister. It is then that she dispels the fears of those, such as Salvini, who are calling for her to deviate from the budget

As the presenter leaves the studio in a melodramatic video, it is time to recall anonymous letters regarding harassment, threats and RAI audits that were shelved because there was no one to oversee them

“Ukraine? I wouldn’t abandon it, but rearmament is a different matter. The general is a man of integrity, and I hope to attract a new section of the electorate. In Reggio Calabria, they can see us coming.” It’s not Saxony, but Alternative für Bergamot

The majority closes ranks and rejects the opposition’s sub-amendment. The Prime Minister’s anger: “I reinstated them myself.”

The governors seek refuge from the internal conflict: Romeo in Monza, Fedriga in Trieste. Meanwhile, the dominance of Lady Verdin, the de facto secretary, and that of Silvia Sardone is becoming established