Telegraph: The maverick, known for his conservative Catholic views and nicknamed the “Mad Monk”, seized the reins of the Liberal Party in an emergency party ballot on Tuesday, ousting Malcolm Turnbull in a narrow 42-41 vote. His victory threatens to doom climate legislation championed by the Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd. Mr Abbott, a former senior minister in the former Howard government, has been a fierce critic of the government’s cap-and-trade scheme to cut emmissions which he …