Tony Abbott being appointed as an unpaid lackey to a mid-ranking cabinet minister is a manufactured culture war that distracts us. I was just on @LBC to discuss this and my other thoughts are below (1/5) 👇
In late August, The Sun, Telegraph and the Daily Mail reported that Abbott would be made 'President of the Board of Trade', joint with Liz Truss, a cabinet ranking position. His homophobia, sexism and climate change denial are then immediately pointed out by campaigners (2/5)
The role then seemed to change to a 'Trade Envoy'. Liz Truss & Matt Hancock are forced to defend this role and publicly ignore accusations of homophobia and misogyny by Abbott. @PinkNews readers & others were rightly outraged. (3/5)
Commentators who are opposed to LGBT+ rights then claim there is a 'woke cancel culture' happening. Then Abbott is actually cancelled by the government and appointed to an unpaid advisor role, not the role that they originally briefed (4/5)
As a result, political coverage has been about what a failed, former Australian politician believes about LGBT+ rights not the fact that the UK's transition period with the EU is about to end without a trade deal agreed (5/5)
(Note, @DrAnthonyJames edited some of the waffle out in the middle of the LBC clip so that it would fit in Twitter's time limit)
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