Even by Berlusconi's standards, however, this was hard for Italians to swallow – even, it transpired, for most of the very ministers he had ordered to resign.
It is a story that I think about often, and I will always be thankful for how it transpired: for out of adversity and challenge a new path was forged.
It transpired that, for more than two years, Andrew Chubb, who was 58, had been having an affair with a much younger woman and that, four weeks earlier, Jenny Chubb had found out.
Enough (29,000), it transpired, to trade for a case of wine from Laithwaite's – leaving me with just 439 "YourPoints".
In 2015 it transpired that Tories, for whatever reason, were that bit harder to rouse, creating the big polling miss.
Inept handling of this blunder forced out Lord Hall's predecessor, George Entwistle eased by a fat pay-off as, it transpired, was customary for departing BBC bosses.
It transpired that demand for neighbouring property had risen because residents there could get access to the embassies' wifi.
After literally 17 different phone calls, two of which involved being on hold for FIFTEEN MINUTES, it transpired we weren't eligible for the fucking thing after all.
At the conclusion of the dinner (which I paid for personally) we went to a popular and as it transpired very crowded bar for drinks during which we interacted between the three of us and with others in what I believed, at the time, was an informal manner.
Gilligan, it transpired, had been up for much of the night, and had not scripted this report.
"In my opinion they had failed to carry out the necessary identity checks before opening the account, which it transpired was set up for fraudulent purposes".
