No wonder there’s a fellow-feeling between Muscat and Renzi

I rushed back to that title and stuck a hyphen between ‘fellow’ and ‘feeling’ before some readers rushed to the wrong conclusion.

Do take a look at this brief video, in which the Italian prime minister explains to the French president that his tie is by Gucci and gets an ‘oh, really’ look in return.

Can you imagine any other head of government doing something like that before the assembled media, while wearing his standard ‘dazed and confused but ultimately so bored’ look?

Will Italy ever have a normal prime minister?