In praise of… odd offices | Editorial | Comment is free | The Guardian
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It’s surprising to see that Roberto Calderoli, the Italian politician reported last week to have “lashed out” at overpaid footballers complaining about their tax bills, holds office as “minister for simplification”. Two questions suggest themselves. Simplification of what, exactly? Of tax liabilities? Of the moral choices of footballers? Or possibly of his prime minister’s private life, which could certainly do with it?