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Aida tells Silvio she’d “love to go to a desert island with you”. Silvio flashes a deeper shade of tan. “I would go with you anywhere,” he replies.
Of course, this is all very Italian, stereotypically so. The idea of Tony Blair leaning over to Kirsty Wark on the BBC’s Newsnight and inviting her for a dirty weekend on the Isle of White is as revolting as it is unlikely. It is not only the viewers who would turn off.
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Berlusconi on women
At a congress of an allied party: "I notice some extraordinarily pretty legs around here."
Addressing Germany's then chancellor, Gerhard Schröder: "Let's talk about women and football. You, for example, Gerhard. You've had four wives. What can you tell us about women?"
On France: "I love France and continue to love it. You only need to count up the girlfriends I've had there."
At a business conference: "Competitiveness is what you need to have with the girls."
Commenting on his government's opposition to moves to earmark a fixed proportion of seats in parliament for women: "We very much like [having] women in parliament - especially beautiful ones."
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