Had to link to Beppe Grillo’s blog today. A story that 82 members of the Italian parliment are being tried or have been convicted of a crime.
They should be ashamed.
The list of crimes - especially those of the 25 who have been convicted - is astonishing. But no bar to representing the people eh?
Of course the Forza Italia party and it’s associated cronies like Lega Nord comprise the bulk of the wrongdoers but the left are not whiter than white either.

July 18th, 2006 at 2:55 pm
Hey, by the sounds of the cash for peerages situation, we might have a few of those of our own soon, Bobs …
July 18th, 2006 at 6:29 pm
82 out of 945? Damn right they should be ashamed: that’s less than 9%!
Frankly I expected better of the Italian parliament. Perhaps Beppe has his numbers the wrong way round?