Right Wing Stupid is not just American

If we Australians needed proof that right wing quasi religious idiocy has taken over our conservative politics. (As if Pauline Hanson was not enough) Former failed Prime Minister Tony (The Jesuit) Abbott has been elected unopposed to the presidency of the Liberal Party of Australia. Lets be clear, this is NOT an elected political post, but rather an administrative position within the party machine. In a vague echo of current US politics, Abbott was best known for the word "No!" for rejecting anything proposed by the other side without even reading it, and for being "Managed" by his chief of Staff Peta Credlin, who is currently a commentator in the Murdoch owned Sky Cable network. Semi interesting side note. At the time Tony Abbott was leader of the opposition, his second in charge was was able financial man named Peter Costello, who, like so many ex conservative politicians, went into the financial markets and made real money. If they had been elected at the time, the nation would have been run by Abbott and Costello. However, since resigning from political life, Tony Abbott has been pretty much unemployable. That the Liberal party couldnt find anyone better to run against him speaks volumes.😷
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-29/tony-abbott-elected-liberal-president-angus-taylor/106738822