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"An Italian situation where comedians start getting elected" 
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21639899

The problem for me personally is that I've heard so many politicians say this sort of thing in recent years.

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an Italian comedian runs rings around the EU forced placement of Eurocrats in Italy
you can make a comedy soap opera out of that ...

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But Mr Jenkin said politicians must actively engage with "ordinary people".


translation for the Tories.

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Butr Mr Jenkin said politicians must actively engage with "plebs".


The fact that a satirist like Grillo can get elected shows that the public have lost faith in politicians.

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MrStevenRogers wrote:
an Italian comedian runs rings around the EU forced placement of Eurocrats in Italy
you can make a comedy soap opera out of that ...

A comedy? About the working of government and the machinations of bureaucrats? It'll never catch on...


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