"The orthodoxy doesn’t like critics, especially from within science, and is not interested in debate."

What a load of horse you know what. Fred Hoyle was arguing against mainstream ideas until the day he died, he never lost standing in the science community.

It's all in how you approach it. If I put in for a research position at a mainstream uni to disprove evolution I would have a very low likelihood of getting a position.

It would have nothing to do with mainstream science trying to cover up the facts and every thing to do with my ability to accept reality.

Is Turnbull an evolutionist? Mainstream voters saw Gillard degenerating which is why they created the holy slogans rituals.

Turning to Don Aitkin's actual article.

Abbott always walked and talked as if he'd been punched once too often in his boxing days. A dolt really in the way he repeated every point three times in his signature elongated Stutter..

Abbott the wouldbe "tough leader of men" who liked to be photographed with weapons and uniforms while feeling their meddles.

He was ill at ease with democratic decision making or social concepts post-1955.

Now that Hockey has a sinecure as Ambassador to Washington is Shirley MacLaine available post Peacock? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Peacock#Early_political_career

Abbott may become Ambassador to the Vatican for further instructions from Pell
or perhaps post Angels and Demons in Hell.

Australia and our Parliament would do well to be rid of him - but will he go?

Ambassador to the Court of St James (London), always a good gig for failed politicians, might be his destiny.

Sorry - Abbott's better, Lord Doona, was made High Commissioner to London only recently

Doona will just have to go.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_High_Commissioners_of_Australia_to_the_United_Kingdom

A good summary of Abbott. Two things in his favour, though: you knew what he thought and what he would do, and he always answered correspondence and emails from plebs like me, and I was critical more often than not. He did believe in open government.

Now, we have a person better suited to leading the Labor Party who is a slippery customer with Leftist views. We might find ourselves much worse off than we were with Abbott. Conservatives have really nothing to look forward to with Turnbull.

Secular knighthoods were patterned on church tradition. In Britain they are all Protestant including the Order of Garter, Bath and Thistle. In Spain and Austria there is the Order of the Golden Fleece.

The golden fleece of Labor's debt up to the eyes is worth promoting.
Sir Philip of Canberra may drop the sword on Tony's ears, arise Sir Jockstrap the Gay.