Although overshadowed by elections in Greece and France, Italy‘s local election results, announced late on Monday evening, are nonetheless fascinating. They represent a massive victory for a comedian-turned-blogger-turned-activist called Beppe Grillo. For years, the round-faced, 63-year-old with thick grey hair has been shaking the cage of traditional politics: staging rallies, organising petitions and pleading for a clean-up of the country‘s notoriously murky politics. He‘s been a bit like an Italian Michael Moore – a passionate self-publicist who sees the world in black and white.