Liberal MP loses his seat in Victorian election, while appearing live on TV

[Mighty AU]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-24/john-pesutto-on-his-likely-loss/10552128

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A Victorian Liberal frontbencher has learned he lost his traditionally blue-ribbon seat on live television, as Labor swept to victory in an unanticipated landslide.

Shadow Attorney-General John Pesutto has been praised for his gracious response as he went through the excruciating experience of losing his seat while on air. 

Mr Pesutto was on the ABC TV panel as the Coalition's shocking results rolled in, and the huge swings to Labor were replicated in his blue-chip seat of Hawthorn. 

"You get a short time on the stage in politics," he said.

"To the people of Hawthorn, I'm very grateful for the time they've given me."

Labor's John Kennedy won the seat, the first time Labor has held Hawthorn since 1955.

ABC election analyst Antony Green told the panel: "If the Labor Party is ahead in Hawthorn at any time on an election night you know there's a remarkable swing going on."

Host Tamara Oudyn offered Mr Pesutto her commiserations and asked whether he had plans for the future, or if it was "too early to ask".

"The first thing you should do is thank the people who elected you in the first place," Mr Pesutto said. 

"It's certainly, in the last four years, been a great honour to serve them and I hope I didn't let them down in that way. To them watching, thank you so much.

"As to me, it doesn't matter.

"We focus on what it means for us as politicians and what I've been trying to emphasise during the evening is it's not about us. If we continue to make it about us that's when you run into problems like this."

Mr Pesutto said despite its long Liberal history, he never regarded Hawthorn as a safe seat.

"I was always concerned about it and campaigned like it was a marginal seat, an ultra-marginal seat, so it isn't a surprise to this extent," he said. 

"But did I predict tonight? No, no. I have to be honest."

[StrawberryClock]

I juuust now noticed that the governments of Australia, the UK and Canada fund a triplet of broadcasting companies called ABC, BBC and CBC.

[Gatsby]

And next time on DBC...

[Sableye]

and its all unrelated to ABC or CBS of the USA