Australian PM Tony Abbot ousted in own-party coup

[Kimmo]

Beat you to it, Cory

Aussies now less likely to despise PM

We have a new one. Malcolm Turnbull has been elected leader of the party after a leadership spill. I’ve gotta say, it’s something of a relief; I’ve despised every second of my awareness that Tony fucking Abbott was PM. Turnbull is another slimy corporatist, but at least stuff like gay marriage and CO2 reduction could be on the cards now, and he actually seems capable of statesmanship. I’m sad to say this looks like what I’ll have to be content with, while the UK gets Corbyn, and Sanders goes f…