I would say that what really stunned me were, one, the purchase or attempted purchase of representatives, and, two, the juggling with parliamentary time and repeated breach of promises (for that matter, I am told "gay marriage" was not even on the Liberal electoral platform in the last elections). God knows I have no time for Blair or Berlusconi, but I doubt whether either of them would sink so low. That is why I said that the Grits are worse than any leader of an advanced country I can think of. Purchasing the allegiance of opposition members, in particular, is banana-republic stuff.