Do you ever sit there thinking that somewhere in the world, there must be politicians with a bit of independent thought and principal who, you hope, might protect you from tyranny?
There are such politicians, and they live in Australia.
Front-bench opposition politicians Tony Abbott, Sophie Mirabella, Tony Smith and Senators Nick Minchin and Eric Abetz have all resigned rather than support carbon trading legislation.
Sophie Mirabella explains her resignation, saying: "It's a matter of not being able to vote for bills that are so bad under any measurement."
Tony Abbott says of his stance: "The phone lines have been in meltdown with people saying that the Liberal Party would not be doing its job as an Opposition simply to pass this thing without the scrutiny that people calling my office think it demands".
We applaud all politicians of independent mind and principle and we think the people of Australia can be very proud that they have people of integrity representing them.
Here in the UK, James Delingpole - whose frequent and thought-provoking writings on this issue in the Telegraph have recently caught this blogger's eye - writes: "For the rapidly increasing number of us who believe that AGW is little more than a scheme by bullying eco-fascists to deprive us of our liberty, by big government to spread its controlling tentacles into every aspect our lives, and scheming industrialists such as Al Gore to enrich themselves through carbon trading, this principled act by Australia’s Carbon Five is fantastic news".
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