You can’t keep a good Abbottalypse down, from The Age:
Two of Australia’s leading Catholic priests say they are “appalled, ashamed and offended” that former prime minister Tony Abbott would cite the Bible on the world stage to argue for anti-immigration measures.
Mr Abbott on Wednesday morning told the Margaret Thatcher Lecture in London that world leaders should follow his example and turn boats around and deny asylum seekers entry.
Mr Abbott, a former trainee priest and devout Catholic, urged Tory ministers to ignore their consciences and the “wholesome instinct” to love thy neighbour, as is preached to Catholics in the Bible.
“It will require some force,” he warned.
“It will gnaw at our consciences yet it is the only way to prevent a tide of humanity surging through Europe and quite possibly changing it forever.”
Well, it’s gnawing at my gag reflex, anyway. My taxes are funding this dill.
