Barnaby Joyce to be deputy PM and leader of Nationals

[icyfroth]

Bush rebel Barnaby Joyce soon to be deputy PM and leader of Nationals

BARNABY Joyce can, on occasion, be spotted seeking late-night servo snacks near one of Canberra’s popular watering holes.

One time wasn’t long after he and his National Party had one of the biggest wins in government — successfully blocking the sale of Australian grain company GrainCorp to a billion-dollar US company.

There was the Agriculture Minister, red-faced and jovial, stopping off for an after-midnight packet of Burger Rings and a flavoured milk.

He bummed a cigarette off a journalist (who’d also had a pint or five) and happily chatted away.

In a few weeks it’s more than likely Barnaby Thomas Gerald Joyce will become the 13th leader of the Nationals. By virtue of being in the Coalition, he’ll also become deputy prime minister.

It will be perhaps the most recent case of the rebel heading the establishment.

Entire Article Here

[moonflyte]

He has been the obvious choice but I will miss Warren Truss, what a dignified and knowledgeable man he is.

[esayaf]

Thanks dj. I needed a good laugh. Could have done without having to clean up the mess afterwards

[myoclon1cjerk]

Warren who? 😄

[lloydslights]

The triangular structures you see on a bridge is an example of Warren Truss.

. A Warren truss is a support structure used in different constructions, for supporting a load. These are used extensively in bridges.

Trusses were usually made of timber, iron, or steel.

[myoclon1cjerk]

I thought he retailed wear for hernia sufferers. 😄

[lloydslights]

This is Barnaby building his bridge at Uralla.       (The crane is sitting on his left shoulder.)

Edited:  It looks as though he needs a truss.

[esayaf]

Truss is also a surgical instrument and also a terminal group of flowers or fruit emanating from one stalk

[esayaf]

Edit surgical appliance is; hernia garment. Already mentioned by myoclon

[moonflyte]

I wonder if old Tony Windsor is still going to run against Barnaby?