When Silvio Berlusconi went to Viareggio this week to “take charge” after a liquid gas explosion that killed 16 people, he clearly expected to be given a hero’s welcome.
Instead, he was greeted with boos, whistles and shouts of “go home”, “buffoon” and “shame on you”. There were even one or two isolated cries of “paedophile” and “whoremonger”.
Mr Berlusconi prides himself on his rapport with the man in the street. He cancelled a state trip to Libya yesterday to offer comfort — and state aid — to the homeless and injured at Viareggio.
But something has changed in the two months since the scandals broke over his private life and he was clearly disconcerted to find a crowd, ranging from students to pensioners, shouting abuse at him.
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