Topless Protest At Berlusconi As Italy Votes

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Source: Skynews

Three topless feminists lunged at Silvio Berlusconi as he arrived at a polling station in Milan to vote in Italy's general election.

Polls opened in the country amid concern the outcome could lead to political gridlock in Europe's fourth largest economy.

As voters queued at a polling station at a Milan school, the three half-naked women, who had the slogan "Basta Berlusconi" ("Enough With Berlusconi&quot scrawled on their backs, broke through a crowd of journalists.

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Italian news reports said the three were members of the Femen protest group.

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Read more: http://news.sky.com/story/1056078/topless-protest-at-berlusconi-as-italy-votes

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1. Protest votes increase uncertainty in Italy election

(Reuters) - Italians voted for a second and final day in a general election on Monday with a surge in protest votes increasing the risk of an unstable outcome that could undermine Europe's efforts to end its three-year debt crisis.

Opinion polls give the centre-left coalition led by former Industry Minister Pier Luigi Bersani a narrow lead but the race has been thrown wide open by the prospect of protest votes against austerity and corporate and political scandals.

"I'm sick of the scandals and the stealing," said Paolo Gentile, a 49-year-old Rome lawyer who said he had voted for the 5-Star Movement, an anti-establishment protest group set to make a huge impact at its first general election.

"We need some young, new people in parliament, not the old parties that are totally discredited," he said.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/02/25/uk-italy-vote-idUKBRE91L0N920130225

And if you thought you were going to see any rasberries in the OP video forget it : they get edited out in the UK too.

[ck4829]

2. He's in second place? Really?

Wasn't he in charge when these problems were brewing under the surface?

[Kelvin Mace]

3. To give you context about Berlusconi

Imagine Donald Trump getting elected. Now imagine we keep electing him.

[Mnpaul]

5. Rupert Murdoch would be a better comparison

http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/videocracy

Some crazy stuff going on in Italy. Topless protest? Did anyone notice?

[Mnpaul]

6. I forgot to mention NSFW

Italian TV is NSFW

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4. Kewl bewbs

The girls are awesome and he should not be elected. He's a crook.

[Ter]

7. I don't wanna watch that whole video, so at what time point do we see boobies?

[Franker65]

8. He'd probably take a topless protest a compliment

Better not to encourage him.