Will the Abbottalypse return?

From Phil Coorey:

The day after his ouster, Abbott promised no sniping, no destabilisation…That undertaking lasted barely a week. None of this should come as a surprise to anyone. It’s what happens when you dump a first term prime minister. Clearly, there is a guerilla campaign afoot that would make even Kevin Rudd blush.

In the 17 days since his ouster, Abbott turned to his comfort zone, giving two interviews for The Daily Telegraph, one for The Australian, and spoke to Hadley on 2GB.

Amongst it all, he branded Scott Morrison a liar, those who ousted him insincere and disingenuous in their motives, gave Labor ammunition by repeatedly noting that there was no policy difference between him and Turnbull – be it on gay marriage, climate change, tax reform philosophy or border protection – and, ultimately, Turnbull was a weak leader.

Let’s hope this is wrong because the last thing the national economy needs is this idiot causing more trouble.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.