Silvio Berlusconi – the most persecuted man in the world
European politics can be a dull affair. Meetings, treaties, collaborations. Stodgy politicians who don’t even have fights in parliament like they did in the 80s. It’s all a bit bland isn’t it?
I personally find Sylvio Berlusconi to be one of the main reasons why I bother reading about politics in Europe. Here is one of his finest moments:
“I am without doubt the person who’s been the most persecuted in the entire history of the world and the history of man,” he declared.
Mr Berlusconi later revealed that he had so far made 2,500 court appearances in his life and run up a legal bill of nearly 200m euros ($300m; £185m).
It was then that he made one of his trademark gaffes, our correspondent says, by explaining that the money had gone on paying “consultants and judges”, before correcting himself to say “consultants and lawyers”.
Give this man more media attention I say! Oh, hang on a sec – he controls the media…
Read more from the BBC website.
