Boris Johnson has said decisions about who will be appointed on the new Board of Trade have been made and he former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott will be handed an unpaid trade job from the UK government.
Abbott is known for his controversial views on the LGBTQ+ community, women, and climate change. Johnson told the BBC that he did ‘not agree’ with all of Abbott’s views but he ‘didn’t agree with everyone who serves the government’.He continued Abbott ‘was elected by the people of the great liberal democratic nation of Australia’ and argued this ‘speaks for itself’.
Abbott’s openly LGBTQ+ sister Christine Foster previously referred to homophobia claims as ‘nothing short of dishonesty’ and insists that he has ‘respect for others’..