But at the same time he had another libertarian trait - he was shambolically organized.

Shambolically, things fell apart.

A review of the first episode by website Digital Spy found the show "utterly uninspired and stale", "shambolically written", "patronising", and "amateurish".

A few days before the scheme came into operation, he wrote in a BBC report that it had been "shambolically organised", that the public transport network had insufficient spare capacity to cater for travellers deterred from using their cars in the area by the charge.

The 1991 contest is notorious for RAI's chaotic organisation, both before and during the contest, which prompted a storm of criticism from other participating broadcasters and led to the Rome contest being considered the most amateurish and shambolically organised in Eurovision history.