Tony Abbott, who supported Brexit, is a climate-change denier and has been accused of misogynyThe former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott has been tipped for a leading role advising the government on trade. Mr Abbott will be made joint president of the new Board of Trade, The Sun reported, and tasked with helping to negotiate trade deals around the world. The appointment has drawn criticism over Mr Abbott’s past comments on climate change, and allegations of misogyny. Mr Abbott, 62, made a speech two years ago at the Global Warming Policy Foundation, a climate-sceptic think tank in London, in which he said that climate change was “probably doing good”. Amber Rudd, the former Tory home secretary who was climate secretary and women’s minister,

Source: The Times August 26, 2020 12:56 UTC