Tony Abbott likened to George W Bush as world considers Australia's new PM
Josephine Tovey
Education Editor
A "compassionate conservative" in the tradition of George W Bush, a "bigoted air-head" and a leader with a markedly different view on a strike on Syria were among the international assessments of Australia's prime minister elect Tony Abbott.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron called to congratulate Mr Abbott following the election before taking to Twitter announce his delight at working with "another centre right leader".
Meanwhile, columnist Tim Stanley proclaimed Mr Abbott's victory a "win for the Christian conservatives" in the UK's Daily Telegraph.
"Whereas some Western conservatives seem to be entirely motivated by the desire to win (Romney, Cameron), Abbott has a philosophy and – almost unique in our materialist age – a theology," he wrote.
"This puts him in the George W Bush, Stephen Harper compassionate conservative tradition – the tradition that tends to attract the most votes."
British Tory MP Douglas Carswell said Mr Abbott's victory should inspire his UK counterparts.
"Abbott's views are throughly (sic) modern. He seems to have seen through global warming fad, wants less government and is pro Anglosphere," he wrote on Twitter.
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So the Christian conservatives now want to f__k up AUSTRALIA now, since they are losing power in the USA?
Canada has had a conservative majority since 2011;UK ditto since 2010; and the US a conservative majority in its House of Reps since 2010 (but not the senate or presidency). What's going on in the Anglosphere?
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