Ah, Brendan! Where to begin? His party room speech after his three-vote leadership ballot win is as good a place as any. Instead of delivering an inspirational pep talk to inject some fighting spirit into the defeated and demoralised Liberal army, Nelson went all teary. Small wonder Turnbull felt the need to deliver a pep talk in Nelson's office immediately afterwards in an attempt to inject some fighting spirit into the new leader. Then there is the character issue. Nelson appears to believe in nothing. Or rather, when it suits him, he can believe in anything. He can be Liberal or Labor, moderate or conservative. Former Treasury secretary John Stone recently described Nelson as "like Andrew Peacock but without the substance". Clever, but Stone actually got closer a few years ago when he dubbed Nelson "a political hermaphrodite" - Laurie Oakes
Nelson's mistake was to trust his deputy, Julie.
Turnbull made the same mistake re Julie.
And now Abbott (part of that famous comedy duo Abbott & Costello) is also making the same Julie mistake.
She ain't bright, but she's cunning.
She'll shaft Abbott at some future point.
trevorx1960 1 year ago
Brendan you were without a doubt the WORST Minister ever in Australia. You're an idiot, you're a coward, and I can't count the amount of times you screwed things up for that other idiot HOWARD. But he deserves you, along with Hockey, your fellow idiot brother. Im SO GLAD your Libs, means every other party in Australia will have an easy job beating you. Thank goodness you quit you idiot.
cunnamullafalla 1 year ago
Nelson should have learnt the lessons of the past. In every election since the war where there has been a change of government, a new leader of the opposition party does not win an election. Evert, Sneddon, Hayden, Peacock, Beazeley and now Nelson.
millertas 2 years ago
Brendan Nelson's big topic atm is talking about cutting 5cents of petrol excise at the next election.
5 cents.
What an insipid twit - get Turnbull in asap, at least being an ex-environment minister he knows we are sick of making Saudi Arabians into multi-trillionaires.
slh950 3 years ago
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death to communists, go b!!
stevieonerbra 3 years ago
Brendon Lying fuckwit Nelson,ex Johnny Howard Noddin' Dog & Bumboy..a total waste of space.
he Makes me sick
Wallabytrack 3 years ago 2
he hasent woke up to why they lost the election.
he will try and block work choices.
hes toeing the american line on david hicks.
he wont make it to pm if he keeps up the howard ideals. there was many different reasons they got vote out and it dosent take brain surgeon to work out what they should leave alone.
sgtkicker111 4 years ago
All hail the king of fools.
googlekilledbambi 4 years ago