Italians Entitled To Change Their Minds

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...every few months or so. Prodi's out, Berlusconi has a shot at being back in, but then, Prodi could be back in. Whatever.


The Times (London) reports:
In a reflection of the tense atmosphere, a senator from the Christian Democratic faction — the party that sparked the crisis by deserting Mr Prodi’s coalition — fainted after being assaulted by fellow party members when he declared that he was supporting Mr Prodi after all. In extraordinary scenes, Nuccio Cusumano was spat on and insulted and had to be taken out of the chamber on a stretcher. He later returned, but his vote was not enough to save Mr Prodi.
The guy in the top picture is a senator being ejected from the chamber for disrupting Sen. Cusumano's speech. Curtsy: Zadok