“Occasionally, they’ll refer to him as the leader of the ‘Liberal’ party, but there is almost a wilful ignorance of his role in Australian conservative politics. Downer served as his foreign minister throughout, having been given the portfolio of his choice for stepping aside. He was foreign minister at the time. The man best known for rolling on fishnets now finds himself at the centre of an alt-right conspiracy, accused of attempting to bring down a president he would have supported as foreign minister. It’s left the Australian voting public, who have only ever known him as a staunch conservative, bemused.

Source: The Guardian October 03, 2019 14:02 UTC