Actor Sir Ian McKellen is leading calls for the British Prime Minister to reconsider appointing Tony Abbott to Britain's Board of Trade
Actor Sir Ian McKellen is leading calls for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to reconsider appointing Tony Abbott to Britain's Board of Trade, because of the former Australian prime minister's views on abortion, climate change, gays and women.released an open letter on Friday, calling on Britain's arts community to sign up after nearly a fortnight of speculation that Abbott is poised to become a trade envoy for Britain.
"This is a man who described himself as 'threatened by homosexuality', and vigorously campaigned against the ultimately successful referendum in Australia to allow same-sex couples to marry."This is a man who has suggested that climate change is 'probably doing good', and who downplayed the link between extreme weather and bushfires at the height of this year's Australian bushfire crisis.
It also includes a Tory peer, Lord Hayward, who has become the second Conservative to voice disquiet about the appointment, which the British government has still not confirmed.told"Britain must feel very despondent if their government deems that there is no one in Britain capable of representing them re trade. And then the insult of choosing Tony Abbott, noted primarily for trading in misogyny and homophobia.
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