Some members of the Italian Chamber of Deputies were in light, holiday mood yesterday, among them the People of Freedom Party’s Alessandra Mussolini, who presented her opponent from the Italy of Values Party, Francesco Barbati, with a Buzz Lightyear model toy.
“I’d bought it for my seven-year-old”, explained Ms Mussolini, “but he’s much more intelligent than my colleague Mr Barbato”. She then said that after listening to Mr Barbato trying to quote some phrases in Latin, giving him a toy was the least she could do.
Mr Barbato took the joke well, saying that he would rather receive a toy than a punch in the face, a reference to a brawl in the Chamber in which he was involved in July. He then delightedly showed his colleagues his new “Toy Story” toy.
