After tax fraud, sex scandals and heart surgery Silvio Berlusconi is back

Disgraced ex-PM forges victorious coalition in Sicily as centre-left falls into further disarray Silvio Berlusconi resorted to a familiar tactic to appeal to the crowd during a recent political comeback speech on the enchanting Italian island of Ischia: a joke laced with sexual innuendo. Addressing the topic of immigration, the 81-year-old proudly recounted the time his good friend Muammar Gaddafi took him on a tour of a migrant centre, during which Berlusconi noted the absence of bidets in the ...