thanks for filling us in on the real deal, as i would have done, had i your knowledge, and way with words.
i apologise if i was misinterpreted, and humbly wish you the best of holiday wishes, plus many thanks for your always superlative coverage of all things italian through the years. ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
I can imagine BBC reporting of similar statements by Hitler, Lukashenko, Idi Amin, you name 'em. "The chancellor declared today on radio that no government in the history of the republic has acted with as much determination and efficiency in establishing equality and the rights of all citizens regardless their race, colour or creed."
A shameless, self-serving lie is still a lie. As Goebbels said, you must think and do the unthinkable. Berlusconi follows in step the time-honoured machiavellian tradition of outrageous bullshitting.
