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Unbelievable: Conservative British Members including the health minister are saying our Tony is a misogynist, homophobe and climate change denier. (refer below)
All of us in Australia should defend him.
He is not a misogynist, that quote below is taken out of context and don't forget he was the Minister for women at the same time as being Prime Minister showing how seriously he took the role.
He is not a homophobe, again the quote is taken out of context and I am sure he said once that some of his best friends are gay.
And thirdly he is not a climate change denier, he just likes tilting at windmills.
Let me say, that every Australian, whether extreme right, left or in the middle are really behind him getting this job.
Scotland's leader has described him as a "misogynist" and a "sexist" and in the latest awkward encounter for a government minister, Health Secretary Matt Hancock was forced to defend Mr Abbott's conduct on the UK's Sky News.
"He's a homophobe and a misogynist," declared Sky presenter Kay Burley.
"Well, he's also an expert in trade," Mr Hancock replied.
Ms Burley referred Mr Hancock, who was wearing a rainbow "NHS pride" badge, to Mr Abbott’s comments about homosexuality in 2010, in which he said he would "probably feel a bit threatened".
She also asked him to consider Mr Abbott’s 1998 comments, in which he asked:
"What if men are by physiology or temperament more adapted to exercise authority or to issue command?"
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Ms Burley asked the Health Secretary whether a "homophobic misogynist" was fit to represent the country.
"We need an expert in different areas and someone who is the former prime minister of Australia is obviously an enormous expert in the field of trade," Mr Hancock said.
Mr Abbott has flown to the UK ahead of his expected appointment to the UK's Board of Trade, which will advise the government on future negotiations.
A spokesperson for UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said "no decision" had yet been made on the appointment, which will be up to Downing Street.
'Awful' decision
Conservative MP Caroline Nokes condemned the expected appointment on Tuesday.
"This is such a bad idea, I'm not sure I can come up with words for how awful I think it is," she told the BBC.
All of us in Australia should defend him.
He is not a misogynist, that quote below is taken out of context and don't forget he was the Minister for women at the same time as being Prime Minister showing how seriously he took the role.
He is not a homophobe, again the quote is taken out of context and I am sure he said once that some of his best friends are gay.
And thirdly he is not a climate change denier, he just likes tilting at windmills.
Let me say, that every Australian, whether extreme right, left or in the middle are really behind him getting this job.
Scotland's leader has described him as a "misogynist" and a "sexist" and in the latest awkward encounter for a government minister, Health Secretary Matt Hancock was forced to defend Mr Abbott's conduct on the UK's Sky News.
"He's a homophobe and a misogynist," declared Sky presenter Kay Burley.
"Well, he's also an expert in trade," Mr Hancock replied.
Ms Burley referred Mr Hancock, who was wearing a rainbow "NHS pride" badge, to Mr Abbott’s comments about homosexuality in 2010, in which he said he would "probably feel a bit threatened".
She also asked him to consider Mr Abbott’s 1998 comments, in which he asked:
"What if men are by physiology or temperament more adapted to exercise authority or to issue command?"
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Ms Burley asked the Health Secretary whether a "homophobic misogynist" was fit to represent the country.
"We need an expert in different areas and someone who is the former prime minister of Australia is obviously an enormous expert in the field of trade," Mr Hancock said.
Mr Abbott has flown to the UK ahead of his expected appointment to the UK's Board of Trade, which will advise the government on future negotiations.
A spokesperson for UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said "no decision" had yet been made on the appointment, which will be up to Downing Street.
'Awful' decision
Conservative MP Caroline Nokes condemned the expected appointment on Tuesday.
"This is such a bad idea, I'm not sure I can come up with words for how awful I think it is," she told the BBC.
