Purchasing Pantelleria : proposal a non-starter

Abstract

We have had to contend with cluttered conditions on these islands since the times of the Knights of St John, when the population density of the archipelago first crawled up to around 300 individuals per square kilometre (comparable to corresponding figures for the UK and Belgium). We have recently scaled new heights, mainly due to the influx of foreign workers. It is against thi's context that Prof. Godfrey Baldacchino's proposition to purchase the Italian island of Pantelleria must be framed.