Blimey, Buffoon Berlusconi's Bad

[Jan Klimkowski]

I'm delighted to see David back here at DPF.

Some things haven't changed since he began this thread.

Here's Berlusconi buffooning his way back to Power:

Silvio Berlusconi reiterates call for grand coalition government in Italy

Former PM says 'no other solution' than a coalition including his own Freedom People party can break political deadlock

Lizzy Davies in Rome
guardian.co.uk, Friday 29 March 2013 19.29 GMT

Silvio Berlusconi has positioned himself as a benevolent statesman acting in the best interests of Italy as he reiterated his call for a grand coalition government with his opponents to break the political deadlock after last month's election.

As he emerged on Friday from a meeting with President Giorgio Napolitano, the head of state who has led a series of day closed-doors consultations with the parties, Berlusconi said there was "no other solution" than a broad coalition government that included his own centre-right Freedom People (PdL) party.

Touting it as a government of "professionalism and responsibility as well as common sense", the three-time prime minister said his rightwing alliance with the regionalist Northern League would accept Pier Luigi Bersani, the centre-left Democratic party (PD) leader, as premier.