Good news! Silvio Berlusconi dead

[emanymton]

Silvio Berlusconi, scandal-ridden former Italian prime minister, dies aged 86

Health of flamboyant media tycoon who led three Italian governments had deteriorated in recent years

www.theguardian.com

So rare to see a headline that cheers me up these days.

 

[Flavour]

there's a thread already but yeah thanks

 

[emanymton]

there's a thread already but yeah thanks

Not when I looked

 

[WouldBe]

Not when I looked

Its in Italian.

 

[emanymton]

Its in Italian.

Well it shouldn't be!!!

Nah found it now, for some reason wasn't showing in new posts for me.

 

[MickiQ]

Well not fo Silvio obviously. He was quite a character a bit like Trump and Johnson but with more smarts and definitely a lot more fashion sense

 

[Sue]

Well not fo Silvio obviously. He was quite a character a bit like Trump and Johnson but with more smarts and definitely a lot more fashion sense

That's your takeaway...? I'd have said 'and likely abused/exploited more women than either of them' rather than mentioning his fashion sense but hey...

 

[Pickman's model]

Well not fo Silvio obviously. He was quite a character a bit like Trump and Johnson but with more smarts and definitely a lot more fashion sense

I suppose you think Franco and mussolini were quite the characters of their day

 

[MickiQ]

I suppose you think Franco and mussolini were quite the characters of their day

That's a very bizarre comparison, Berlusconi was undoubtably a twat but there is no real similarity between his reign and theirs. He's much more like Trump, he was very divisive with some people hating him and some loving him but comparing him to Mussolini is weird.

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[Pickman's model]

That's a very bizarre comparison, Berlusconi was undoubtably a twat but there is no real similarity between his reign and theirs. He's much more like Trump, he was very divisive with some people hating him and some loving him but comparing him to Mussolini is weird.

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Another poster who hasn't come to terms with comparisons

 

[SpookyFrank]

Well not for Silvio obviously. He was quite a character a bit like Trump and Johnson but with more smarts and definitely a lot more fashion sense.

Jesus fucking christ

 

[Ming]

Jesus fucking christ

He's got stuff on BJ when he went to a party on a villa on a hill and left his special branch detail behind. Love to know what the compromat is.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

He's got stuff on BJ when he went to a party on a villa on a hill and left his special branch detail behind. Love to know what the compromat is.

wonder who inherits the videos?

 

[Ming]

wonder who inherits the videos?

Apologies. It was a Russian oligarch's villa on a hill in Italy. Probably went straight to Putin.

Morning after: Boris Johnson recovers from Lebedev’s exotic Italian party

Exclusive: New prime minister refuses to say if he abandoned security for 2018 night in billionaire’s castle

www.theguardian.com

 

[Ax^]

hmm heard the professor voice from Futurama reading thr thread title so will allow it

 

[emanymton]

hmm heard the professor voice from Futurama reading thr thread title so will allow it

I did consider going for the full "good news everyone" but thought it would be too long.

 

[gentlegreen]

I immediately thought of the goth bat disco...