Extravagant maker of schemes: unpicking Barnaby Joyce’s anti-renewables campaign

Barnaby Joyce speaks at an anti-renewable energy forum. He has told people in his electorate ‘we are in the firing line for becoming the government’s swindle factories playpen’. Photograph: Aston Brown/The Guardian

Tongue twisters were a staple in my childhood home. Fox in Socks by Dr Seuss was a favourite. My grandmother taught us “she sells seashells by the seashore” and “around the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran”.

It was probably too early when she recited “I’m not a pheasant plucker but a pheasant plucker’s son”. She delivered it anyway, much to our delight.