Aerial political warfare

Applause as a plane flies over holidaymakers on the Adriatic Riviera trailing a banner that reads “Don’t come back, Silvio. Thank you”: a plea directed at Italy’s former (and future?) Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi.

The stunt was funded collectively by members of a Facebook group in response to a similar aerial banner commissioned the previous week by one of Berlusconi’s senators, that read “Come back Silvio” (See photos here: http://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2012/08/25/foto/silvio_la_sfida_nel_cielo_torna_non_tornare_-41464301/1/).