Yes, they go back from uni days, Sheridan being one year older...

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    Yes, they go back from uni days, Sheridan being one year older than Tony from memory. However, Greg Sheridan is not only writing about the man Tony Abbott, he does so with some very salient observations. For example, the ABC.

    " the ABC’s Andrew Probyn, describing Abbott in a news segment — yes, a news segment — as “the most destructive politician of his generation”. This is deeply dishonest, unprofessional and a disgrace to the ABC....." and he explains why is justified in writing thus.

    And again, "No one who knows Abbott can reconcile the hateful and ludicrous image with reality. Recently on the ABC’s The Drum, a panellist from GetUp said of Abbott: “His existence altogether is I’ll say offensive.” This is, on any measure, a personalised, insulting and degrading attack designed to demonise a political opponent."

    Yes, indeed. How can anyone even form that sentence about anyone!!! Not one that Tony Abbott would ever say about anyone. But there it is. The ABC, yet again.

    As Sheridan says, try boot on other foot and see what would happen, as in

    "Just imagine the outrage, the core meltdown, that would greet, say, someone from the Australian Christian Lobby saying of Bill Shorten or Tanya Plibersek that they found their existence offensive."

    Exactly!!!!

    Yes, many many readers here have already conceded the decency and accuracy of Greg Sheridan's observations, as the TU's indicate.

    Well done, Greg Sheridan.
 
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