Tanjil Rashid

How democracy can subvert itself: Bunga Bunga reviewed

The only problem with this well-researched podcast is it mimics Berlusconi’s own rhetorical style, and therefore also his imbecility

Silvio Berlusconi in Tunisia in 1984, where he was visiting socialist Italian prime minister Bettino Craxi. Photo: Umberto Cicconi / Getty Images
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