Spreading the word pragmatically.

Peter Hartcher, (“Winners and losers keep Abbott afloat” Saturday 30 SMH) paints Abbott as a pragmatic survivor who prospers by saying the things key players want him to say on the international stage. Sounds like he has signed up for a round with Obama in the Middle East. He copied Cameron’s sentiments chiding naughty Scots who wanted to separate from England. Strangely though he is silent when the Vatican City boss urges compassion for the poor and dispossessed, better distribution of wealth, less military spending and feeding the hungry. Maybe this Abbott serves a different pope.