Not too good, if you read the papers. 'Everyone is against him except the United Nations' wrote la Stampa. Even the Pope has weighed in, and I must say, having your morality questioned by someone who was a member of the Hitlerjugend and then turned a blind eye to paedophilia in the Church must leave its mark on a man.
But as so often there is a disparity between what the press thinks and what the public think. In a poll conducted by Ipsos for the University of Milan, whilst 70% did not think he was being persecuted by the courts, they did not intend to punish him at the polls. Most people, it would appear, think there is no realistic alternative to Berlusconi.
But still the stories roll in. The Guardian eagerly quotes Nadia Macrì, who, you will recall, was mentioned in this blog back in November for charging €5,000 to Berlusconi but only €300 to the Minister of Public Administration, as follows:
'after sharing a swimming pool with an allegedly nude prime minister and five or six other girls, she watched as he headed for a room used for massages.
"After a bit, he said: 'Next one. Next one.' And every five minutes we opened the door and had sexual relations. One at a time."
This would be a remarkable performance for any man, let alone a 74 year old. It is probably worth another 100,000 votes to Berlusconi.
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