When offered the title of Pivot of the Pacific whe he was PM. Europhile Abbott turned his back preferring to build monuments in France, shirtfront Putin, become a member of NATO and hail China as his new bestie. Today he shows what a self interested Pillock he’s always been. Don’t be surprised if he doesn’t want his old job back and he’s putting on a show for Rupert. He hasn’t defended France he’s cheered Boris on and he’s giving Xi the bird. Has Australia ever seen a worse effort by an ex PM playing  Statesman in it’s history?

No one can stop him. He can barely stop himself. The former Australian prime minister, Tony Abbott, seems to be everywhere, fighting the poor cause. At the very least, he is everywhere with the press cameras, the niggling concerns, the irritations that make it into the twenty-four-hour news cycle before sinking with toxic charm. He is the perfect ingredient in a stew of conflict, the agitator, the irritant.

Source: War Talk from the Mad Monk: Tony Abbott goes to Taiwan – » The Australian Independent Media Network