Why is Toni unpopular, that is a tough question. I think we have to start at the beginning his election campaign. I can not believe he was under any direction at all for his entire campaign. It was run like an election for presidency.
He once said he would do anything to become Australia’s PM, we can only say now that we know, his entire election campaign was based on lies to suite the occasion. Without an ounce of truth he steered a nation into believing he was a worthy candidate for election. He gave just enough hints that there was a political party behind him.
The populace went in his favor, soon to discover his imaginary campaign promises were as empty as a drinking vessel. Almost immediately his popularity began to decline. Firstly the Labor swingers dropped their support. When they realized they had bought a pup. With the introduction of Hockeys first budget which could have only been compiled in late night sessions with Abbott over a gallon or two of drinks.
Secondly a wave of Liberal voters began disconnecting from Abbott’s popularity status, until he stated he was not elected to be popular.
His popularity continued to decline, and his backbench started rumbling, and it wasn’t just wind being passed. His stacked royal commission did nothing for his popularity status, neither did his shoot from the hip policies that his party new nothing about. By this time his popularity as PM was 1%, they were the last renegades of the far right Conservative infiltrators into the Liberal party.
Abbott swore blind he could win another election, By now his own party was of the mood to replace him as PM. Subsequently he was voted out and Turnbull was voted in as PM. Abbott was taken by surprise that his party could go against him.
At his being voted out party, an antique marble coffee table was obliterated by someone doing a flying tackle at Abbott, in witch such actions could have come from a mob of louts filled to the brim on alcohol or drugs.

It is unfortunate that a man who has been given
the opportunity to serve his country has
misunderstood and misused his position to his
own detriment. So much more was expected so little
was delivered. And even today he is not a man
reflecting on his failures or looking to change
course. He does not appear to have learned from
his experiences as Prime Minister.

Abbott started by being elected while for years the regressives said he was unelectable. Then he stopped the illegals which every regressive swore could not happen, get rid of the breathing tax which again every regressive swore could not happen and predict accurately what Merkel and the UN's foolish policies would do to Europe you are obviously going to be right off side with media.

Abbott made the mistake of trying to appease the abc propaganda machine instead of getting rid of the total waste of tax payers billions. Having egg all over their faces just brought their bitterness more and more to the forefront.

Abbott was tossed because of polls. Bishop, Morrison and others showed they would put personal interest above the country and support a someone acting like a sleazey backstabber with a smile that the regressives loved. He is the perfect leader for the regressives but will trash the country given an opportunity as Obama has America and Merkel Germany.

Runner just what or who is a 'regressive'? I can only assume it is everyone who disagrees with you? In that case you must be a regressive as well...to me.
As for the stopping of the so-called carbon tax, what has changed? Did we end up getting money back from anyone? No.

Poor old OTB and Runner still crying into their weeties bowl over the loss of Abbott, when blind Freddie should have seen it was inevitable right from the start.

Foxy, it seems that it was Abbott's lack of economic policies that contributed to his demise, but also he was a bit of a dictator. He obviously wasn't a team player and marched to the beat of his own drum most of the time.

Remember when that journalist asked Abbott about his 's##t happens' comment, and there was a stunned, furious-faced silence by our supposedly bright PM for some time?
I was so embarrassed that this guy was our PM...

Obviously Tony Abbott was too smart, too honest, & tried too hard to do what the countries future requires for fools like all those Suse on line to ever understand. He did expect people to actually see what he was trying to do, & think about it & our future. Unfortunately most appear to be too cowardly to face the truth.

She & many others prefer the buckets of slime we get from the KRuds & Turnbulls of this world. They can then feel nice & safe because the slippery slime is cushioning them from the facts.

The fact is that we are playing the end game of western society. How well we play it will determine how well our decendents will do, or if they have their heads removed by ISIS or it's later incarnation.

With idiots like Obama, & Turnbull, trying to buy off these forces with smoothing words, our end is nigh.

Good luck to the appeasers, I hope your running shoes are in good condition. You will need them if we continue as we are.

Dear Hasbeen,

Mr Abbott on being ousted out did say that there
would be no snipping or any undermining, et cetera.
Of course he does not have a conventional
relationship with the truth. And he does have a
small minority of hard core supporters who want to
believe he'll be back.

However, there's no hint in his actions that he is
a man reflecting on his failures or looking to change.
Rather he appears to be doubling down on his
usual tactics of fear-mongering and sloganeering
which is what drove many Australians away in the first
place.

You may see Mr Abbott as Australia's hope for the future.
To many voters however the man was negative, and
extreme, simplistic and misleading even a little
delusional. Full of fear and obsessed with external
threats.

Our greater hope lies with Mr Turnbull.