Prime minister Tony Abbott has acknowledged that 2014 was always going to be difficult for the Coalition, as it floundered in the polls following May’s tough budget.

Abbott spoke to 2GB radio on Monday afternoon, saying he did not expect the budget sell to be easy.

“We always thought 2014 was going to be a tough year because we always thought that the job of budget repair would be incredibly difficult. It’s proven to be every bit as difficult as we expected, but we are on the right track,” Abbott said.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/29/tony-abbott-says-2014-always-going-to-be-difficult-for-coalition

Don't worry, Tony, 2015 is going a scorching doozy...

From Victoria Rollison

Dear Tony Abbott

It’s been a year since I last wrote to you. I was very angry back then, but you’ll be pleased to hear that this letter is not being written in anger, but has much more of a triumphant tone than my previous correspondence. The reason for this turn in my mood has everything to do with the reversal in your political fortunes over the previous 12 months.

As I’m sure you’ve noticed, you are incredibly unpopular. Looking back at my grievances with you in the past, I can see that much of my frustration about your behaviour was born from the fact that you were so obviously getting away with being a complete wanker while still managing to be elected Prime Minister of Australia. No matter how much I tried to tell people just how dangerous a prospect you were as a PM, and no matter how violently opposed I was to everything you stood for, the Australian voting public went ahead anyway and chose to eat shit because they didn’t like spinach, and I must admit I may have gone a little mad with the injustice of it all. But I feel better now because you’ve been exposed. And you’re done now Tony. You’re finished.

Unfortunately the realisation that your character and your behaviour has finally caught up to you, hasn’t made up for the terror that you have inflicted on the Australian public during your first year as Prime Minister, and obviously won’t save us from the two years of terror we have to come. No matter what happens to your job Tony, your government is still ruined.

Read more: http://victoriarollison.com/2014/12/27/an-open-letter-to-tony-abbott-a-happier-one/

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Hopefully, you are correct, Victoria... One of the major problem here is that Tony might start doing something and people "might forget the pain"... But it's more likely that Tony will try to inflict more damage to the Australian way of life... in favour of his rich mates... This is his focus and style — using incompetence, idiocy, ignorance and lies as a weapon, without any regard to the social fabric of this fair nation... His colleagues in government love him for this. He won't be rolled... They will all do his nasty work as ordered. This is the worst government in this country ever, but Tony does not care. We might have to suffer a bit longer and the Labor party senators should not give an inch more towards more pain for us. No "compromises", no "small wedge through the back door" as the Abbott regime and its loonies will try to soften the blow to get legislation through, then they would turn on the screws... NOTHING for this Abbott regime should pass the senate. Nothing.