{"id":39312,"date":"2018-02-27T06:38:56","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T05:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brennerbasisdemokratie.eu\/?p=39312"},"modified":"2020-06-01T09:03:48","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T07:03:48","slug":"the-outside-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brennerbasisdemokratie.eu\/?p=39312","title":{"rendered":"The outside view."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The British-American comedian John Oliver dedicated the latest episode of his &#8220;Last Week Tonight&#8221; show to Italy and its upcoming elections. It is an astonishing &#8211; yet satirical &#8211; account of how Italian politics is perceived from the outside. Oliver talks about fascist threats, sexist horndogs and poisonous politicians. The only solution to the Italian crisis he could come up with is to run for prime minister himself.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Yes Italy,&nbsp;my candidacy&nbsp;for prime minister&nbsp;may&nbsp;be a complete and&nbsp;total farce, but&nbsp;be honest \u2014 incredibly, I am far from your worst option.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Italian Election: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LdhQzXHYLZ4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British-American comedian John Oliver dedicated the latest episode of his &#8220;Last Week Tonight&#8221; show to Italy and its upcoming elections. 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