In her article on The Age online Josephine Tovey has cited responses to Tony Abbott's election win. She reported that some have compared Abbott to GW Bush while the reaction from Abbott's original homeland was mixed:
"... UK Prime Minister David Cameron called to congratulate Mr Abbott following the election before taking to Twitter announce his delight at working with "another centre right leader". ..."
"...But British Labour politicians were caustic. "Oz has elected a bigoted air-head to drag them backwards into mean prejudice and vainglorious chauvinism," wrote MP Paul Flynn. ..."
"... As Australians went to the polls, the LA Times declared a "gaffe-prone conservative" was likely to become prime minister. "Liberal Party leader Tony Abbott has also scandalised political circles by praising a fellow candidate for her 'sex appeal,' denounced abortion as 'a question of the mother's convenience' and dismissed the notion of climate change as 'absolute crap'," the story stated. ..."
