Were I not so busy, I’d be biting my nails to ragged stumps:<\/p>\n
“Mr Berlusconi’s centre-right coalition may narrowly retain control of both houses of parliament, according to projections from the Nexus pollsters.”Earlier, exit polls pointed to a narrow lead for his centre-left challenger, Romano Prodi…<\/p>\n
“The Nexus projections, carried on the state broadcaster Rai, gave Mr Berlusconi’s forces 49.9% in the Chamber of Deputies (lower house), and Mr Prodi’s bloc 49.6%”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
And that’s on a trunout of an estimate 85%. EIGHTY-FIVE… Of course, in this country, if Labour had a 0.3% lead they’d probably still end up with a majority of about 50 seats – based on those figures, Berlusconi would have a majority of about seven.<\/p>\n
Still – he could still lose. Fingers crossed, eh?<\/p>\n
Update:<\/strong> Damn. Forgot about Berlusconi’s recent reforms. See Phil<\/a> in the comments<\/a> for more likely possible majorities…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Were I not so busy, I’d be biting my nails to ragged stumps: “Mr Berlusconi’s centre-right coalition may narrowly retain control of both houses of parliament, according to projections from the Nexus pollsters.”Earlier, exit polls pointed to a narrow lead … Continue reading