There’s an irony in the timing of Silvio Berlusconi’s death at the age of 86, coming on the same weekend that saw the (at least temporary) exit from politics of Boris Johnson. For in many respects, the Cavalierie (‘Knight’) as he was universally known in Italy, was an even more flamboyant role model for our former prime minister.
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