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LOG on to Beppe Grillo's blog – reportedly one of the 10 most visited blogs in the world – and the first thing you see is his jovial, grinning face, giving what appears to be an obscene gesture.

Standard practice, maybe, for someone who has been dubbed a "silenced satirist" but Grillo is also a political activist. This 63-year-old Italian comic, who has also been referred to as a clown and a campaigning blogger, is now the hottest topic in Italian politics.

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