Australian: I DOUBT whether I’ve witnessed such unalloyed joy among Labor supporters as when the news broke that Tony Abbott had been elected Opposition Leader. They thought it a real side-slapper. I don’t wish to be a killjoy but methinks they were a tad premature. That was confirmed by the unexpectedly good Liberal vote in the Bradfield and Higgins by-elections. Considering they had just experienced their worst week since Robert Menzies formed the party in 1944, it was an extraordinary result. …