Voters Angry

It’s not just Greece where the established political parties are losing power. In Italy, comedian Beppe Grillo, “who rails against their corruption and ineptitude and says Italy should default on its debt and quit the euro is going from strength to strength. In local elections on Monday, Grillo’s Five-Star Movement shook Italian politics by winning control of the northern city of Parma and several smaller towns, capitalising on voter discontent with economic stagnation and austerity.” Grillo was the subject of a terrific New Yorker profile a few years back; it’s worth reading again to see what he’s on about.