If Malcolm Turnbull understands an ETS the way he knows his Shakespeare then Australia is in real trouble

I couldn't believe my ears on Sunday last, there was our fearless Leader of the Opposition Malcolm Turnbull holding forth on Shakespeare in an attempt to denigrate the upcoming Copenhagen international climate change talks.

He was foolishly repeating what he'd said to a gathering of foreign correspondents on Monday week; "And as another one of my companions noted it is worth remembering that Copenhagen was the home of Hamlet, famous principally for indecision. So that is a sombre reflection."

Uh, no, Malcolm. Hamlet is popularly supposed to be a tale played out in "Elsinore or Helsingør north of Copenhagen, on the place where Denmark is closest to Sweden - only 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) of water divides the two countries", (possibly in a castle which was erected around 1420) and on a nearby plain and in a generic churchyard.

Denmark's capital Copenhagen while situated close by is historically separate from the old port town of Helsingør.

Every final year highschool English student would be bound to know the difference.
I certainly hope that Turnbull has a better grasp of the principles of an emission trading scheme, than he does of geography and the Bard.

Horatio
Byron

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