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DEAL WITH THE DEVIL
Al Ministero della Giustizia ci vorrebbe qualcuno che conosce ... il Diritto
Lasciamo stare la scelta per il Sì o per il NO al Referendum sulla separazione delle carriere dei magistrati. Di questo abbiamo parlato e continueremo a parlarne. Il punto del giorno è che la richiesta avanzata dal Ministero della Giustizia di ricevere dall’Associazione Nazionale Magistrati l’elenco dei finanziatori del Comitato per il No è uno strafalcione da matita blu. E siamo autorizzati a…
News outlets using the word "referendums" deserve to have any/all funding cut.
Referendums on the issue of Family and Care look set to be comprehensively defeated, with Government ministers already conceding defeat this
Škotska neovisnost nakon parlamentarnih izbora?
Škotska neovisnost nakon parlamentarnih izbora?
Predizborne ankete nagovještaju “tijesne” izbore za parlamentarnu skupštinu Škotske koji se održavaju 6. svibnja. Sadašnja vlada koja jedva drži većinu sastavljena je od 6 stranaka (najveće su Stranka rada i Konzervativna stranka) i sve zajedno imaju tek nešto više zastupnika od Škotske nacionalne stranke (SNP). Ukoliko SNP dobije skorašnje izbore najavili su još jedan referendum .
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Je Suis Las Palmas
A Referendum on the Meaning of Life. What could possibly go wrong...
Hello there, my name is Holly. I am a human person with brown hair and greenish eyes. I have a lovely fiancé and two cats. Welcome to my new blog. Bloggy, blog, blog. You can see this is going well. I’ve never actually written a personal blog before, only ever for work purposes and that was always really easy as it was one about a specific sport or tournament. And I was getting paid to do it and usually had an incredibly tight deadline. But now I’m going to try and write one for your (my?) enjoyment at least once a week. Given my amazing intro so far, you might wonder what on earth has prompted me to even attempt to put pen to paper (or keyboard strokes to screen as I believe is the 20th century terminology*). It’s basically all due to an early mid-life crisis. Well, hopefully it’s an early one and I have more than my 31 years ahead of me. After six fantastic years working at the Tennis Foundation and living in South West London, I’ve decided to give it all up.
But enough about that, plenty of time to go into all that in the coming weeks and months. After sitting here (where?) for an inappropriately long time, I think I’ve come to the conclusion that my first blog should really deal with some of the bigger things going on in the world at the moment. I’m not sure I can compete with some of the intelligent and engaging articles that have been written about Brexit or Trump or society’s overall plunge off a cliff so I’m going to tackle something a bit easier. The meaning of life. Because if I, Holly A** Hamilton, who went to a comprehensive school*** on the side of a bit of a hill in South Wales and still struggles to tell her left from her right, can’t figure the meaning of life out, then who the hell can? With an AS level (half an A level for those still dealing in old money) in Psychology and a degree in History and Politics I am actually pretty well trained for this task. In fact, I don’t know why I haven’t applied myself to figuring this out earlier. Apologies human race, I’ve been too busy following furry yellow balls around the world and trying to interpret the language of Meow that Pablo and Coco**** insist on using in the house.
But I’m not so egotistical that I won’t take on board public opinion on this matter and I think if we as a nation have proved anything recently, it’s our ability to sensibly weigh up the pros and cons and make an informed decision about the big issues. So in order to keep my first blog shorter than a full autobiography, you can vote on the suggestions below as to what you genuinely believe the meaning of life is.
A) To procreate
Sex is pretty much all humans think about, isn’t it? What could be better than people having more and more sex, producing more and more tiny people and then spreading out over every godforsaken corner of the planet Earth until there is literally no more room. Then we can just start going all badger and possum on them and cull their behinds.
B) We have already been invaded by aliens
Think Stephanie Meyer’s The Host (don’t forget to read all four Twilight books while you are researching the plot line for this one). Humans are just puppets having their strings pulled by glistening little Souls already living in our brains. But it’s okay because they are much more peaceful and sane than us so it’s most probably in our own interests to let them take over.
C) There isn’t one
I mean, how on earth can there be meaning to slugs, Nesquik*****, the colour gamboge (think a dark, yellowy mustard), Tom the Rio 2016 Paralympic mascot (look him up - he was created by “an explosion of happiness”) or Donald Trump’s hair?
D) To be kind to one another and protect our planet
No sarcastic description here. In my naive little mind I really hope that this is true and that we’ve just lost our way. To be kind, caring and loving. To get the best out of each other and encourage, compliment and support everyone who embodies these qualities. To give people that warm fuzzy feeling when you smile at them. And to always be able to experience the natural beauty that can be found all around the world, to protect it and the crazy and wonderful animals that we share it with.
Holly’s First Blog: The Chronicles I really enjoyed the BBC documentary from earlier this year, New Zealand: Earth’s Mythical Islands, mainly because I’m a sucker for penguins and sweeping panoramic shots in HD. However, I’ve also been enjoying that at the end of each episode they introduced a segment called The Chronicles, which is a bit of a behind the scenes look at filming parts of the programme. So to sign off each blog, I’m going to do the same (in no way infringing their copyright) and give you a snippet from what took place while tapping away churning out these gems on my 20th Century keyboard.
As this inaugural blog took longer than expected it invariably included copious toilet breaks, which I always like to double up with a trip to the kitchen to get a cold glass of squash to keep me hydrated. But as my procrastination increased, I was drinking ever quicker and thus making myself need a trip to the toilet more frequently. As these always meant returning with a new drink soon I found I was barely able to go five minutes without getting up to powder my nose and top up my glass. The only way to stop this vicious cycle was to put the glass down and indulge in an episode of Series 4 of Suits, my current guilty pleasure thanks to the wonder that is Netflix.
So there you have it. I hope you have been able to extract a scrap of enjoyment from my bloggy blog blog and if not, at least you have been able to picture me wandering back and forth and back and forth to the bathroom. Tune in next time when we announce the results from the 2016 Meaning of Life Referendum and I’ll reveal a little bit more about just why I’m jacking it all in. P.S. I’ll be attempting to add some colour and bring to life my blog via my Instagram account so make sure you follow me: www.instagram.com/hollyh44
*Yes, I meant 20th Century. Tip of finger to touch screen is probably more 21st Century but I struggle to write any length of prose via that method.
** The A stands for Alexandra but that’s not actually my middle name. I wasn’t given one by my parents at birth and having keenly felt this loss I created my own when one of my personal heroes, Cobra from Gladiators, came to my school to promote Natwest bank accounts and I assumed a new identity there and then. In hindsight I should have chosen one beginning with ‘R’ and then I could have enjoyed a life as HRH. Oh, the naivety of youth!
*** It was actually a pretty good school at the time and produced lots of well-adjusted youths who have gone out into the big, bad world and made a name for themselves. Shout out to Mr Adams and Miss Surtees, who made sixth form bearable, and our legendary form tutor Mr Swain who led a pretty tricky 7 South all the way through to Year 11. **** They will inevitably have an entire blog devoted to them at some stage (I know this will split my friends in terms of interest levels) but as a quick introduction Pabs and Cokes are the two apples of my eye, who are in charge of my life and parade around in the form of small Big Cats and have taken to waking us up at dawn by trampling all over our faces demanding food.
***** I am in no way sponsored by Nesquik or Nestle, this particular item just popped into my head to emphasize the randomness of life. However, if anyone would like to sponsor my blog by donating free items or luxury hotel stays, for example, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
****** Apologies for so many damn footnotes. It’s like a footnote invasion has taken over my blog. And the little blighters have infiltrated our children’s minds. And stolen all our jobs. The next Referendum might have to be a vote on whether to leave footnotes out altogether.
Riforma Costituzionale a puntate: la composizione del nuovo senato
La composizione del nuovo Senato è descritta nell'articolo 57 della nuova Costituzione. Si può riassumere così:
Il nuovo Senato della Repubblica sarà composto da
74 Consiglieri regionali,
21 Sindaci e
5 senatori indicati dal Capo dello Stato.
La durata del mandato dei senatori coincide con quella degli organi delle istituzioni territoriali dai quali sono stati eletti.
Le principali critiche che vengono fatte sulla composizione del nuovo Senato riguardano
1) Si attribuisce la funzione legislativa a politici scelti per fare altro
Una critica che viene fatta è quella di dare potere legislativo a politici scelti per fare gli amministratori. Soprattutto per il fatto che entrambi i lavori richiedono molto tempo, e sembra difficile che un sindaco possa occuparsi di tutta l’attività legislativa del Parlamento con un Senato che si riunisce solo una volta o due al mese. Bisogna dire che la funzione legislativa principale spetta alla Camera dei deputati per la maggior parte, e che i Senatori hanno solo la possibilità di contestare o proporre modifiche che i deputati possono rigettare.
2) Sono troppi i Senatori nominati dal Capo di Stato.
Il Capo di Stato potrà nominare 5 senatori per altissimi meriti (simili agli attuali senatori a vita) che avranno una durata di 7 anni. Ora ci sono due critiche da fare: una è che 5 senatori su un totale di 100 senatori è una grande quantità. Attualmente sono 5 su 315, in proporzione molti meno e col nuovo Senato avrebbero il triplo del peso elettorale che hanno ora e quindi sposterebbero di parecchio gli equilibri del voto popolare. La seconda critica è che il loro mandato dura 7 anni, quindi sembrano essere legati al mandato del Presidente della Repubblica, anch’esso di 7 anni. In realtà nulla vieta al Capo di Stato di nominarli verso la fine dei 7 anni (come hanno fatto molti Presidenti) e quindi i senatori presidenziali eserciterebbero il loro mandato col nuovo Presidente, che non potrà nominare i suoi 5 (o a seconda dell’interpretazione potrà nominarne altri 5, aumentandoli a 10).
3) Proporzione dei senatori
La proporzione del numero dei senatori di una regione in relazione al numero di abitanti è spesso sballata tra regioni diverse. Faccio qualche esempio:
Il trentino alto-adige che ha 1 milione di abitanti, avrà 4 senatori.
La Liguria che ne ha 1,5 milione, ne avrà 2.
Il Molise che ne ha 300mila, ne avrà sempre 2.
La Toscana che ne ha quasi 4 milioni, ne avrà 5.
Il Piemonte che ne ha 4,3 milioni, ne avrà 7.
La campania che ne ha 5,8, ne avrà 9.
Il Lazio che ne ha sempre 5,8 ne avrà 8.
La lombardia che ne ha 10 milioni, ne avrà 14.
4) Eccessiva difficoltà di nuove modifiche alla Costituzione
Tra le competenze del nuovo Senato c’è quella del dover approvare le riforme Costituzionali in parallelo alla Camera. Le modalità di approvazione delle leggi costituzionali non cambia con questa Costituzione, ed è un processo lungo che necessita del bicameralismo perfetto (cioè sono necessarie 4 letture uguali tra camera e senato con un intervallo non inferiore a 90 giorni).
Il nuovo Senato però ha una caratteristica: si rinnova con le elezioni locali. Cioè se vanno al voto 5 regioni in una certa data, cambieranno anche i rispettivi senatori. Dato che tra regioni e comuni si vota in maniera alternata circa ogni anno (ci sono state elezioni regionali e comunali a febbraio 2013, a novembre 2013, a maggio 2014, novembre 2014 e maggio 2015 e a giugno 2016 solo comunali) si capisce quindi che la composizione del Senato cambierà di continuo ogni 6-12 mesi. In questo contesto diventa assai improbabile che di possano fare riforme costituzionali che possano resistere a 2 o anche 3 variazioni del Senato, magari anche cambiando la maggioranza.
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Altri post del Referendum Costituzionale a puntate:
La composizione del nuovo senato
Il nuovo Senato viene eletto o nominato?
