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Ian McKellen joins condemnation of Tony Abbott trade role

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misogynistic and homophobic comments, and dismissal of the climate crisis.An open letter, also signed by the Doctor Who screenwriter Russell T Davies and almost two dozen others, said ministers should not appoint the former Australian prime minister to the Board of Trade.“This is a man who described abortion as ‘the easy way out’, and suggested that men may be ‘by physiology or temperament more adapted to exercise authority or to issue command’,” the letter says.“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.

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