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Keating has often lambasted his successor John Howard, once describing him as a "desiccated coconut" who was "araldited to the front bench", as well as stating "Howard ... is an old antediluvian 19th Century person who wanted to stomp forever ... on ordinary people's rights to organise themselves at work ... he's a pre-Copernican obscurantist".^[15] He has also stated that Howard's deputy Treasurer Peter Costello was "all tip and no iceberg" in reference to a pact made by Howard to hand the prime-ministership to Costello after two terms.^[16] His criticisms of the Howard Government have included accusing Howard of dishonesty when taking the country to the Iraq War ^[16].