Antinuclear

“…..Abbott was promoted beyond his abilities in order to obstruct action on climate change.

His decline started in earnest when Obama snubbed him at the G20 …….

The flaws that Abbott has displayed since he took over as opposition leader in 2009 – the meltdowns, the appalling political instincts, the anachronistic attachments, the sexism – have been evident since he entered public life. He has never been popular, and he was only elevated because of a freak-out from the denialist wing of the Liberal party over Malcolm Turnbull’s proposal to deal with Labor on an emissions trading scheme.

There has been a lot of analysis in recent weeks of Abbott’s peculiar personality, but not enough recollection of the reason that it’s on such prominent display. He’s the leader because he promised his party’s right wing to make no deals on climate, and to blindly oppose any meaningful policy response.

Ultimately, Abbott and the Coalition have been brought undone by the same failure that has defeated a decade’s worth of Australian national leaders: the failure to generate a credible response to the most pressing global crisis. John Howard dragged his feet in the midst of drought, and was brought low by an ALP leader who promised vigorous action. Kevin Rudd called climate change the “greatest moral challenge of our time”, only to reveal that he wasn’t up to it, which began his fatal slide in the opinion polls. Julia Gillard offered a response she couldn’t readily explain, allowing her carbon price to be framed as a tax, and therefore a lie, by Abbott……http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/feb/10/remember-abbott-is-the-product-of-the-liberals-freak-out-over-climate