Brendan “The Forehead” Nelson on 2 December last year.

“I do not support a formal apology by our generation on behalf of what was done with the best of intentions in most but not all cases by earlier generations.”

Nelson last week.

Whatever the attitude of Australians towards this generation apologising for things done by earlier generations, you really have got to ask yourself is this the highest priority for the Australian Parliament?

Of course, those “higher priorities” are petrol prices and grocery bills. Nation-changing stuff indeed.

Oh, but here’s Nelson today.

Dr Nelson, who previously said he opposed an apology, today said the coalition believed it was “morally and practically important” it be delivered.

* Whoosh! *

Hear that? It’s the sound of Brendan Nelson’s last shred of credibility bolting out the back door. Here’s Nelson trying to convince it to stay.

But Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson… indicated the coalition reserved the right to vote against [the apology] if the precise wording proved unacceptable.

Don’t get me wrong — I love watching the Liberal Party self-destruct, but this shit is serious and the sight of The Forehead getting all Howard on the wording in order to make himself look like a “leader” makes me a bit grumpy. But just like I do whenever I feel a bit down I read something that Tony Abbott has said and laugh my troubles away.

Precisely what we are apologising for and the terms and the scope of the apology, that is still far from clear.

Wanker.