Berlusconi: I’ve been the best premier in Italy’s history

Brushing off questions about any possible resignation, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi insisted yesterday that he’s been Italy’s best premier ever and said he was considering suing the woman at the centre of his sex scandal.

Patrizia D’Addario, a self-proclaimed prostitute, claims she tape-recorded Berlusconi during a night she says they spent together at the premier’s home.

The left-leaning newsweekly L’Espresso obtained copies of the tapes, including one in which a man it identified as Berlusconi is heard telling D’Addario to wait for him on the big bed while he showers.