Giorgia Meloni and her Brothers of Italy look set to win the next election

who smiles winningly at voters from the electoral posters of the Brothers of Italy (d) party could scarcely be more reassuring. , say the posters: “Ready”. The message is that the woman, Giorgia Meloni, leader of the d, and her Brothers are prepared for government after Italy’s election on September 25th. Reassurance has been an important part of Ms Meloni’s campaign.It was not always that way. There was a time when she warned that “There can be no possible mediation.” In a gravelly—even menacing—voice, she continued: “Yes to the natural family. No to the lobby. Yes to sexual identity. No to the ideology of gender.” And then she roared out: “No to mass immigration! Yes to jobs for our [compatriots]! No to big international finance! No to the bureaucrats of Brussels!”