The election of Italy’s fascist-adjacent Giorgia Meloni is a public reminder that women can be just as awful as men | Van Badham

I wouldn't vote for her if I were on fire, but I'm in nauseated awe of what it must take for a woman to succeed among hard-right conservatives

Australia's Sky News opened its report of far-right Giorgia Meloni's imminent election victory as Italy's first female prime minister with the statement: Giorgia Meloni is not a fascist."

Seems a helluva disclaimer to feel obliged to make, really, but then even Sky admits Meloni and her Brothers of Italy party is not without ideological baggage.