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Giorgia Meloni, 45, has won the Italian general election by drive and sheer personality, but her victory was a huge step backwards for the country. Meloni’s politics has direct lineage to those of another leader of Italy, Benito Mussolini , Il Duce, the Fascist who ruled from 1921 to 1943.

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In a historic win, Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy took 26% of the national vote in Italy’s latest election – the first time a far-right party will take the lead in government since the second world war. Meloni will become prime minister at the head of a coalition – although…