Ferdinando Giugliano, Columnist

Dear Britain, Where Did It All Go So Wrong?

U.K. politics is making Italy look like a beacon of stability and calm.

September 1, 2019 at 6:00 AM UTC

Corrected

September 1, 2019 at 9:44 AM UTC

Ferdinando Giugliano is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He was previously a member of the editorial board of the Financial Times.

Mother of all rows.
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Dear Britain,

Please excuse the rest of us for our sheer disbelief: we were never expecting a constitutional crisis, let alone protests around the country. You are making Italy’s political system look like a model of composure, and that’s not something to be taken lightly.