Political
insults
On John Hewson
- he's like a shiver waiting for a spine
- debating with him is like being flogged by a warm lettuce
- a feral abacus
On Andrew Peacock
- a souffle doesn't rise twice
On Wilson Tuckey
- He'd be flat out counting past 10
(Recall HG's insult that someone wuld need to drop his trousers to count to 21)
On John Howard
- He's like a lizard on a rock, alive but looking dead
On Jeff Kennett, on spending over $20 million on office renovations
- He's into squalor. He can't afford an ambulance if you have a heart attack. He can't afford lavatories at railway stations. He's got the Treasury done up like the Reichstag.
On politics
- In history, you're either one of the enlargers, or one of the punishers and straiteners (after Manning Clark)
The
insult collection:
Paul Keating's political insults
