Tony Abbott dares us to reject evidence on climate, but reveals a coward

Tony Abbott titled his London speech on climate change “Daring to Doubt” – a challenge, if you will, to reject mountains of evidence and instead lick your fingers and shove them into the plug socket of denial.

In a speech to the Global Warming Policy Foundation, Tony Abbott
 went for the whole canon of tired climate science denial talking points. 

Go on, I dare you.

Throughout his speech, the former Australian prime minister urged listeners to think that dismissing decades of research backed by the world’s leading scientific institutions required bravery and fortitude, rather than other less celebrated human attributes.

But what would constitute bravery for a conservative politician like Abbott? Changing your mind when the evidence tells you you’re dead wrong, or saying what you’ve always said, using the logical fallacies that you’ve always used? One step is brave, the other is cowardly.

Read Graham Readfearn’s story on The Guardian - “Tony Abbott dares us to reject evidence on climate, but reveals a coward.”