It is the working classes who have experienced and rejected the era of state control and party representation, and who are seeking the key to their social identity elsewhere and in other ways; they have changed the tone of their voice, as well as the model and scale of their criteria for judgement

Fifty per cent of seats to Italia Viva, fifty to Casa Riformista. Who’s on board? The reservations of the other parties, from Più Europa (with Magi on hunger strike and others following suit), through the path taken by Progetto Civico and the emergence of Più Uno as a party, to Spadafora’s pro-federation Primavera and Maraio’s PSI, which is concerned about the electoral law.

“In the face of the political exploitation that has arisen around the affair, the Prime Minister has personally intervened by telephoning the chief executive, Andrea Missori,” sources at Palazzo Chigi say

It is the European Union Intellectual Property Office, responsible for managing EU trade marks. The Prime Minister provided them with a voice sample to protect herself from AI, but even before that, Francesco Giubilei had been enlisted to persuade the general to change his party’s name and logo.

The leader of the Fratelli d’Italia group in the Senate has opened up the possibility of early elections, just one day after Meloni had said she would ‘see it through to the end’. And indeed, she later clarified her position: ‘The parliamentary term will run its course’. Today, the government called for a vote of confidence on the electoral bill. Signs that a vote may well be brought forward

The Rome city councillor has struck a deal with Controcorrente, the movement led by Ismaele La Vardera, which is hugely popular on the island. The former ‘Iena’ presenter will bring his votes to Onorato and, in return, hopes for the support of the M5S and that section of the PD which backs the Roman councillor in an anti-Renzi bid for the Sicilian regional elections. The leader of IV has seen through the manoeuvre and is fielding the former MEP and doctor from Lampedusa, who spent years in Brussels alongside Schlein

From Rutelli to Prodi, right through to Letta, the centre-left has often struggled to reconcile popular support, power and responsibility. In 2012, Bersani amended the PD’s constitution to open up the primaries to internal candidates as well. Turning them today into a contest between party secretaries would bring forward the proportional representation contest in the general election 

The investigating magistrate in Caltanissetta speaks of "misleading tactics" on the part of the 5S senator towards former public prosecutor Natoli prior to his hearing before the Anti-Mafia Commission. Conte to Meloni’s supporters: "You are shameless." And he accuses them of misconduct: "Why did you shield your Delmastro’s chat messages?"

“The party was inspired by the values of St Francis, who viewed institutions as a service to citizens rather than as a means of personal enrichment,” says the comedian. The Sardinian M5S’s response: “We won’t take lessons in Franciscan morality from someone who has never followed it in their own life.”

Paolo Romano has suggested that there should be no place within the left-wing coalition for those who do not recognise the genocide in Gaza. This is the ‘Palestinisation’ of public debate: any issue, in order to become politically acceptable, must be filtered through the prism of Gaza