Dr Brendan Nelson has unveiled his latest catchphrase.

The most important thing is that we must be focused and disciplined as far as the government’s budget is concerned – it has pulled the plug on pensioners…

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Malcolm will be at the press club tomorrow in Canberra. He’ll be setting out a very strong case as to why the budget of the Rudd government has failed Australians, pulled the plug on pensioners…

That’s some pretty strong mental imagery there, Bren-doc. Are you sure you’d like to subconsciously suggest that Labor is forcibly euthanising the elderly? Than again, you are a doctor so I’m sure you know what you’re doing.