‘Let them eat cake,’ is the comment which is supposed to have guaranteed Marie Antoinette a seat on the guillotine express. It may be a tad soon to cite Tony Abbott’s reference to ‘lifestyle choices’ as an example of what the late Christopher Hitchens called the tumbrel remark. But it’s doubtful whether anything the Prime Minister has said or done in recent weeks has triggered more demands for his head.
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