The Art of the Australian Insult

“Despite the eulogies, the Democrats never achieved anything pf value and have rightly been consigned to the dustbin of history. That pathetic bunch of latte-sipping luvvies couldnt even keep themselve sorganised, let alone keep the other bastards honest.”

R.W. Corfield, Subiaco Wa, letter to The Australian. Another view in the same paper is along similar lines to that quoted from the Sydney Morning Herald earlier:

“Considering the now-defunct Democrats’ famous slogan “Keep the bastards honest”, perhaps there should have been a comma after “bastards”.