Will Tony Abbot fall on his sword for knighting Prince Philip

[Magda Hassan]

More like Murdoch make him fall on his sword.

First there was this tweet:

https://twitter.com/rupertmurdoch/status...6056303616

Then there was this one a few days later:

https://twitter.com/rupertmurdoch/status...5912742912

Then this front page of a Murdoch rag:



Then this:

Arise, Dame Julie: Bishop displays her Sun King seal of approval

Bernard Keane | Jan 27, 2015 12:53PM | [email=?subject=Check%20out%20%22Arise%2C%20Dame%20Julie%3A%20Bishop%20displays%20her%20Sun%20King%20seal%20of%20approval%22%20on%20Crikey&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.crikey.com.au%2F2015%2F01%2F27%2Farise-dame-julie-bishop-displays-her-sun-king-seal-of-approval%2F]EMAIL[/email] | PRINT

Julie Bishop is openly positioning herself as Tony Abbott's replacement as the Prime Minister's judgement again fails him.

While Tony Abbott was preparing to bestow a knighthood reserved for "pre-eminent Australians" to a wealthy Greek bigot living in the UK, another type of anointing was taking place in New York. As revealed in the Financial Review, on the weekend Rupert "all Muslims not guilty" Murdoch received Julie Bishop, Foreign Minister of his far-flung vassal state,