After the reams written about Peta Credlin and her relationship with the former PM,let’s not forget who was in charge and what he did or didn’t – achieveThe festival of bitching about Peta Credlin is in full swing this week with an entire book devoted to her weird relationship with Tony Abbott. And it is a weird relationship – how many people in your life are allowed to yell at you to “fuck off” over the phone?In Niki Savva’s book The Road to Ruin: How Tony Abbott and Peta Credlin Destroyed Their Own Government, Credlin has even been compared to Wallis Simpson, and a deeply weird analogy. There is no proof theirs was anything more than a professional relationship and Credlin’s marital status did not breach the structure in relation to Abbott’s job. He also didnt abdicate. There are better comparisons for a “slavishly dependent” relationship.
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Source: theguardian.com