• ‘In 1989 Tuckey was one of the leaders of the plot to depose John Howard as Liberal Party leader and replace him with Andrew Peacock. After the success of the plot, Tuckey boasted about it on television, privately infuriating Howard.’

• Just days after the devastating Victorian bushfires, Tuckey places political blame for the causes of the bushfires. Sensitive guy.

• ‘Tuckey has yelled “Look at moi” across the chamber at Ms Gillard every day this week… Mr Tuckey, who was thrown out of Question Time yesterday over an unrelated matter, vowed to keep up the interjections. “If you want Kath to run the Government, you should vote for her,” the West Australian backbencher said.’

• ‘Dr Nelson was… forced to defend Liberal MP Wilson Tuckey, who walked out of Parliament before today’s apology to indigenous Australians.The West Australian MP was in the house for the opening prayer, but left the chamber when Mr Rudd rose to his feet to deliver the apology….Mr Tuckey had earlier suggested saying sorry would do nothing for solving indigenous problems.’
• And just generally, he’s arguably an overall idiot.

Today, there was a “regrettable incident” in the Liberal party room, “when NSW Liberal backbencher Alby Schultz became angry and shirt-fronted Victorian MP Chris Pearce”, giving Labor an opportunity for a few barbs directed at the Opposition during Question Time. Anthony Albanese, for example, said: “The Member for Hume thought it was the first of June and he’d give the member for Aston a pinch and a punch for the first of the month.”

Lame stuff, but lamer was yet to come.

Enter Wilson Tuckey:

But not everyone thought the verbal stoush was funny.

West Australian Liberal Wilson Tuckey implored Mr Rudd to ease off, especially towards one of the participants “for reasons he would understand”.

“Using his sharp and nasty wit is very unfair … just lay off,” the backbencher said.

That’s rich!

Sure, Tuckey, sure. The day you stop insulting and degrading your peers, opponents and colleagues, maybe?

UPDATE: Paul Keating was, of course, the master of insults and I imagine people would try to compare Keating with Tuckey. There is no comparison between the two. Tuckey is just nasty and would attack people for, say, their appearances, such as the “fat so-and-so” jibe at Kim Beazley.

Trust me to be at another humiliating GroupThinkFC defeat* (3-8; congratulations to champion GTFC vs. Weezers tipster, Keri) while the exciting news of a Liberal Party leadership spill floods the airways. If Nelson does get pegged tomorrow then brokenleftleg will be our champion Nelson’s demise tipster. However, I’m hoping like all hell for one of three outcomes:

a) Turnbull is thoroughly rebuked by the party and suffers terminal ego cancer, and GrodsCorp continues to have Nelson as blog fodder for the foreseeable future;
b) Costello is voted in by a reasonable majority but refuses to accept leadership unless he receives 100% support; or
c) Wilson Tuckey gets up.

Whatever happens it’s going to be an interesting day. Bring it on!

UPDATE: The Age has confirmed that Julie Bishop, Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey are all out of the running for leader.

Joe Hockey, Tony Abbott and deputy Liberal leader Julie Bishop have all been pegged as potential leadership aspirants.

* I didn’t even get the chance to grab an opposition player’s balls because I was in too much pain after my balls got slammed by an opposition player’s hip.

Decrepit old truss-wearing backbencher Wilson Tuckey reckons deputy PM Julia Gillard sounds like ‘Kath’ from Kath and Kim:

Tuckey has yelled “Look at moi” across the chamber at Ms Gillard every day this week… Mr Tuckey, who was thrown out of Question Time yesterday over an unrelated matter, vowed to keep up the interjections. “If you want Kath to run the Government, you should vote for her,” the West Australian backbencher said.

For the life of me I just can’t work out which TV comedy character Wilson Tuckey reminds me of. Oh, hang on…

The Editor, John Surname, Ant Rogenous, Jeremy Sear, The Happy Revolutionary and Craig discuss:

* Sin tax
* Whingeing musicians
* Chair sniffing
* Wilson Tuckey vs. Bill Heffernan in the GrodsThink naked cagefight

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The Editor, John Surname, Ant Rogenous, Jeremy Sear and Craig discuss:

* Quentin Bryce as Governor-General
* Proposed email snooping laws
* Brendan Nelson — dead man walking
* Fake Lonely Planet writing
* Keith Windschuttle vs. Wilson Tuckey in the GrodsThink naked cagefight

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Wilson Tuckey is a cockhead — I don’t think there’s any debate about that — but you’ve got to give points to a good joke regardless of who speaks it. Here’s Tuckey cracking a good one in Parliament today.

He’s still a cockhead, but.

It’s been a while since we announced a nomination for un-Australian of the year but there’s been no more worthy recipient than Wilson Tuckey.

Dr Nelson was… forced to defend Liberal MP Wilson Tuckey, who walked out of Parliament before today’s apology to indigenous Australians.

The West Australian MP was in the house for the opening prayer, but left the chamber when Mr Rudd rose to his feet to deliver the apology.

A number of other coalition MPs were absent from the chamber or late arriving.

Mr Tuckey had earlier suggested saying sorry would do nothing for solving indigenous problems.

On what constituents would think of Mr Tuckey’s behaviour, Dr Nelson said: “Every member of the Parliament, whatever side of the house that he or she is from, is ultimately answerable to the people of Australia.”

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