Foxy showing what a hateful, spiteful person she can be. I really thought Abbottphobia was finished long ago. Funny how those that stick by their principals the most are hated the most by the left. Well I suppose she is laying off Trump for a few seconds.

Foxy,

Abbott will be there to do one thing: Find a replacement buyer to sell us off to now that China is being forced out of the picture.

The LNP politicians are all about syphoning money from the system to make their class rich and having plenty of money in hand to buy votes when it comes to getting re-elected.

And that's what this Tony Abbott fiasco is all about. He does qualify on one point: Selling off the farm to China is pretty much the same as selling it off to the Brits.

Interesting that he had low grades in his BA at Oxford. Sounds like he should have called it quits with the LLB BEc degree. Like most of these vocationally trained people (shadow minister for instance) think that studying the Arts things like history, sociology, anthropology, archaeology, philosophy, etc., is a pushover - until they attempt it themselves.

The boxing might explain why he appears brain-dead and walks around sucking on raw unpeeled onions.

runner,

Presenting links, facts, and relevant opinions
found on the web which can be verified does not
amount to personal hatred and spite but is simply an attempt
to present a bigger picture - which you obviously
do not comprehend.

Also with your posting history on this forum you are in no
position to finger-point or lecture any one else on
hatred, spite, or any other dubious forms of expression of
which you are a master. You only demean yourself by doing so.
And lose your credibility even further.

Foxy,

I said that you made this thread political from the very headline. That every quote of yours is from a left whinge rag, activist or politician abandoning any pretence of your attempting anything other than an anti-Abbott polemic.

None of the vitriol heaped on him has any foundation in reality. He has hands-on experience in negotiations with Japan and Korea, both of which the UK is attempting to do. Similarly, knowing Australia he is more capable of negotiating an FTA that amenable to both sides.

That he didn't get straight As at Oxford is largely because it is an opportunity to make connections and does not detract from his stellar uni results in Aus that few Labor or Greens pollies can match.

That in opposition he shredded Krudd and Juliar before getting a thumping majority shows that he is not only smart but accomplished more than Krudd and Juliar together.

shadowminister,

Just be honest and accept that Abbott wasn't up to doing the Arts things like history, sociology, anthropology, archaeology, philosophy, etc. at a high standard.

JUST LIKE YOU.

Mr O,

Boxing was always Mr Abbott's forte. He's more braun
than brain as everybody knows. I used to think he had
a mild form of epilepsy because often when questioned
by reporters the man would just stare blankly and then
walk away.

As for the Rhodes Scholarship. A close friend of Abbott's
Dyson Heydon was on the selection committee that awarded
Tony Abbott the Rhodes Scholarship. Check out this connection
on the web. Heydon was later appointed by Abbott as a
Royal Commissioner.

In any case a person like Tony Abbott became PM by sheer
luck. Good for him. Bad for us. He was elected leader of the
opposition by 1 vote over the issue of climate change,
there being a very strong climate change denying faction in
the Liberal Party.

Abbott proved to be an effective attack-dog in tearing down
the Labor government which created many of its own problems
and was an easy target for him. PM Julia Gillard was
subject to absolutely vile personal attacks by the right-
wing media and the shock jocks. All of which Abbott
encouraged. His government was elected in the end because
Australians were sick of the in-fighting inside the
Labor Party and the constant atmosphere of crisis was
was formented by Abbott.

The man was never personally popular but people thought
the Liberal Party would at least be competent.
They weren't. Abbott today is seen as a liar - on top
of his thuggish personality. I won't go into the details
of unemployment, the death of manufacturing, carbon
emissions, and business confidence hitting rock bottom.

Tony Abbott's job as the UK's hired gun on trade is
indeed a baffling choice - as the link I cited earlier
by Malcolm Farr explains. It's worth a read.