In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
....I reckon Spring; Mar 07?
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
I'd bet on a sunny, exotic island... ;)
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
....with Blair & Bush as house guests!
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[QUOTE=tuscanhills]....with Blair & Bush as house guests![/QUOTE]
For free of course... ;)
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Hopefully for something worthwhile-------like he's strangled the " boring priest".
I cann't stand 5 years of Prodi--------last night he had me asleep in 2 seconds flat !!!!!
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Neil, from the look of it, you win the sweepstake...........Perma-grin looks likely to be in court in Nov, [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5159198.stm]if BBC are to be believed[/url].
......remind me, what was your prize?
(Seeing Berlu in court without his Presidential 'privileges?) :D
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
And will David Mills be joining him in the dock?
"Judge Paparella is still considering whether to charge Mr Berlusconi and Mr Mills in a related case. The former Italian prime minister is accused of paying Mr Mills $600,000 (£324,000) to give favourable evidence in two court cases. Both men deny the charges of bribery".
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Well, it wouldn't be Italian to admit the charges would it? Don't you know the Italian national motto?
"Nego, nega, neghiamo!" :p :D :p
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[quote=tuscanhills]....with Blair & Bush as house guests![/quote]
[LEFT]Oh how I wish!!!! :D :D :D :D
(PS I am only allowed four of these grinny faces otherwise the rest of this page would have been full of them).
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In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[quote=tuscanhills].....now Berlu has resigned (finally!) how long do you think it'll be before he's back in the witness box in court?
:D[/quote]
ANSA reported today that Berlusconi and David Mills have been ordered to stand trial for allegedly perverting the course of justiceand that the trial is due to open in Milan on March 13.
[quote=tuscanhills]....I reckon Spring; Mar 07?[/quote]
I thank you!
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[QUOTE=tuscanhills]ANSA reported today that Berlusconi and David Mills have been ordered to stand trial for allegedly perverting the course of justiceand that the trial is due to open in Milan on March 13.
I thank you![/QUOTE]
March 13 ... but what year? Siamo in Italia no? :-)
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Definitely 2007.....is March 13 the "ides of March"......very appropriate if it is :) :)
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[quote=Relaxed]Definitely 2007.....is March 13 the "ides of March"......very appropriate if it is :) :)[/quote]
Hehehe, it hadn't clicked, but well spotted! Suspect that the trial may be as much a work of the imagination as the Messina Bridge, but we'll wait & see :o
If I 'win' this sweepstake, I promise that I'll take you all to Sunday lunch at my favourite restaurant :D
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Bloomin' eck Tusk.. I'm going to hold you to that promise and sincerely hope you win!
Cant wait to see your face when you get the bill for Sunday lunch for 3,248 members. :D :D
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
No one honestly believes he will get full conviction and punishment do they? The system in Italy never lets the rich and powerful be punished. They need only say 'I am sorry' to have clean hands and go back to the villa!
Theres another Italian saying that comes to mind. 'If you are going to commit a crime, make sure its a murder'. It means that you never get full punishment for big deads but get the book thrown at you for doing something small.
I have this nagging feeling that 'the grinning one' will be back in the chair someday. Especially as I already see petitions being circulated by 'Perma-Tans' party stating that Prodi has added 67 new taxes so far.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[quote=tuscanhills]....Suspect that the trial may be as much a work of the imagination as the Messina Bridge.....[/quote]
I can't see him 'going down' so am happy to sub eveyone (who turns up that is ;)) to Sunday [i]scram[/i]
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
From Times OnlineDecember 18, 2008
Prosecutors in Milan have demanded a prison term of four years and eight months for David Mills, the British lawyer and estranged husband of Tessa Jowell, the Olympics Minister, for allegedly accepting a bribe from Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian Prime Minister, to give false or misleading evidence.
Mr Mills is accused of accepting $600,000 (£388,000) from Mr Berlusconi for testimony he gave in two trials in 1997 and 1998 in which Mr Berlusconi was charged with corruption. Fabio De Pasquale, the chief prosecutor, told the court that Mr Mills was "on the payroll" of the Berlusconi family holding company Fininvest as a tax lawyer and had developed a "professional and economic dependency" on it.
[url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5364584.ece]Prosecutors demand four-year jail term for David Mills over alleged bribery - Times Online[/url]
The final hearing at which....maybe....the sentence will be handed down is scheduled for January 2009!
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
.......so I expect new laws in early Jan to reduce the statue of limitations......I'll put a tenner on it :laughs:
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[quote=tuscanhills;106090].......so I expect new laws in early Jan to reduce the statue of limitations......I'll put a tenner on it :laughs:[/quote]
Big bet! - should be worth about 6 Euros by then
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I'll have September 2006.