Italy: 5-Star Movement continues protest against new Italian electoral law
Compared to the insurgent and unpredictable Five Star Movement - or Italy's other disruptive political movements - Brussels hopes that Berlusconi's party with its football slogans, extra benefits for older voters and nods to Catholic traditionalism will be its best bet (Photo by Giuseppe Ciccia/NurPhoto/Sipa USA)
Compared to the insurgent and unpredictable Five Star Movement - or Italy's other disruptive political movements - Brussels hopes that Berlusconi's party with its football slogans, extra benefits for older voters and nods to Catholic traditionalism will be its best bet (Photo by Giuseppe Ciccia/NurPhoto/Sipa USA)
Tim Montgomerie was most recently a columnist and comment editor for The Times of London. Before that journalistic turn he was steeped in centre right politics, founding the Conservative Christian Fellowship, then the Centre for Social Justice and, just over ten years ago, ConservativeHome.com.
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