Australia’s former prime minister, Tony Abbott, relaunched himself yesterday and is colouring much of the press coverage of the Paris attacks today:
“We are helping to train the Iraqi army, we advising and assisting the Iraqi Special Forces,” he said. “I certainly think that this latest atrocity, on top of other recent atrocities, does indicate that we do need to do more to tackle this toxin at its source.”
When asked whether that meant sending troops in, Mr Abbott replied that he didn’t want to give public advice.
