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Celtic Karma. Tot

Let’s be clear: it was out of wounded national pride, the most motivating of human/simian emotions, that I watched the final of Italy’s terrible ‘reality’ show L’isola dei famosi* (that’s not to suggest that it’s any more terrible than similar anglophone versions)last Friday night.

It was less out of a desire to see who would win, out of the remaining collection of B-list (if even!) celebrities competing in this ‘reality’ show, than out of a churlish desire to see one person lose.

While hailed in Italy as the hero of the 1990 world cup, Salvatore ‘Tot