I am by nature wildly sociable but election nights are different. For me, the worst possible outcome is the ABC’s chief election analyst Antony Green being drowned out by amateur pundits and drinking games. I want to be left to watch the numbers. By 8pm on election night, those scrutineering for the ALP already knew Labor would not win. I went to bed just before 10, filled with grief and loss. Australians had believed the endless polls and assumed the Liberal Party’s only path was to defeat. For so many of us, these have been prosperous times where we could afford to share. Instead, that’s no longer in our future. We've lost the possibility of a kinder, fairer Australia. It's easy to be bitter in the face of defeat and to lack generosity to each other. In the immortal words of Chumbawamba, we need to get up again.
https://www.smh.com.au/federal-election-2019/labor-failed-to-heed-warning-bells-in-queensland-20190520-p51pb8.html
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