Those crazy eye-ties
In the British parliament, as Eddie Izzard has
observed, the most entertaining it might get is
honourable friends waving their papers, shouting
'Toilet paper! Toilet paper! Toilet paper in our
times!", but the Italians have much more fun. I
stumbled across this 'in pictures' story on the
Guardian the other day and felt a bit like Bill
Bryson reading about Australian politicians drowning
in mysterious circumstances; why don't we hear more
about this?
The background is the passing of a vote of no confidence in Romano Prodi, but that's not the fun bit. No, that comes from reading the captions and looking at the pictures. During this sitting, we learn of one politician who was called a lump of shit and a cuckold before bursting into tears and collapsing, see politicians throwing water all over the chamber, and – the crowning glory, this – stuffing mortadella in their mouths as an act of political satire.
Click here to see all the pics.
The background is the passing of a vote of no confidence in Romano Prodi, but that's not the fun bit. No, that comes from reading the captions and looking at the pictures. During this sitting, we learn of one politician who was called a lump of shit and a cuckold before bursting into tears and collapsing, see politicians throwing water all over the chamber, and – the crowning glory, this – stuffing mortadella in their mouths as an act of political satire.
Click here to see all the pics.
