Italy's anti-immigration leader Matteo Salvini, who is trailing the far-right's Giorgia Meloni in the polls ahead of next week's general election, is greeted by supporters in Pontida. The northern town was awash with the flags representing Italy's provinces and the banners of the General Labour Union (UGL), founded in 1996 from the ashes of the neo-fascist CISNAL union. The League is trailing Meloni's post-fascist Brothers of Italy (FDI), polling at 12 percent to the FDI's 24. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES