Why do my list item bullets overlap floating elements

Question

I have an (XHTML Strict) page where I float an image alongside regular paragraphs of text. All goes well, except when a list is used instead of paragraphs. The bullets of th

Answer 1

Struggled with this myself. Best I've managed is the following:

ul {
    list-style-position: inside;
    padding-left: 1em;
    text-indent: -1em;
}

The text is not actually indented but the bullet shows.