Broelman’s cartoon today on Peter Costello’s retirement was a ripper.

Poor Peter has stood in John Howard’s shadow for so long he hasn’t needed sunglasses since 1998.

There was a similar cartoon in The Australian yesterday. It showed Peter standing variously next to Alexander Downer, Howard and Brendan Nelson with the words “tick tick tick” in the background.

In the final frame, Peter was alongside a watchful Malcolm Turnbull and the text read “Pop”!

The time bomb was gone. I forget the catchphrase; it might have been “plenty of ticker, but no timing”, or something like that.

Peter enjoyed the eulogies this week (he described them thus).

Someone said he was the best leader the Liberal Party never had. I wouldn’t go that far; he could have been leader if he wanted to, which in my opinion shows a lack of leadership ability.