Bye-bye Berlusconi

(Former) Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has finally admitted defeat and resigned. He may be asked to stay on as a caretaker, but for practical purposes, his reign is over. And a damn good thing too. The man is an anti-democratic crook, who twisted the entire Italian legal system to keep himself and his cronies out of jail, stacked the electoral system at the last minute in a desperate effort to retain power, then refused to accept the will of the people when they told him to get lost. Such a man has no place leading a modern, civilised democracy, and I'm very pleased to see him out on his arse, where he belongs. And now, hopefully, he'll get the justice he so richly deserves...