Bono: Saint or Dickhead?

[El Dingo]

Bono is still a dickhead but this is pretty funny:

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[important]WikiLeaks cable reveals Berlusconi's efforts to duck Bono tongue-lashing

Italian prime minister considered increasing budget for foreign assistance just to avoid losing face to U2 frontman[/important]

Silvio Berlusconi considered increasing Italy's foreign aid budget during the country's 2009 G8 presidency to avoid a "tongue-lashing" from Irish rock hero Bono, according to a confidential US diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks.

In the leaked memo, William Meara, the economic adviser at the American embassy in Rome, reports that despite budget cuts and "with its 2009 G8 presidency looming", the newly installed, centre-right government "may decide to maintain funding levels [to Africa] simply to avoid an embarrassing tongue-lashing from Bono et al".

The relationship between the two men had been publicly strained since 2006, when Bono accused Berlusconi of "exploiting" his image in the runup to the country's elections.