I was going to replay The Mighty Sid's legendary Italy rant from 2018 one last time. I love it but scouser1 didn't, he gave me a verbal forearm shiver over it. I left it alone at the time, now I will address it.
Scouserly type, I love you like a fratello but you're living in Wonderland, Italy IS the Mediterranean. Nothing transpires there without Italy participating. The country risked bankruptcy to insure that there would be no further bloodshed in former - Yugoslavia. The Italians were the ones that both Israel and Hezbollah agreed upon to keep the peace in South Lebanon. The Iranians don't trust the regime change loving Americans, Italy acted as an intermediary on the nuclear deal. There are other examples but you get the picture, out of mutual respect I say to you...Inghilterra Buona Fortuna.
Here's a song I know you love.