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17 April 2021

9:00 AM

17 April 2021

9:00 AM

Europe’s political cross-dressers

A good Tony Abbott story is that early during his time as an MP, he did a study trip to Washington. Clearly the embassy official responsible for arranging his programme was American. He tailored it on the basis of his understanding that Abbott was a Liberal and staunch anti-Republican.

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Mark Higgie is The Spectator Australia’s Europe correspondent and is on Twitter at @markhiggie1

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