Tuesday, July 3rd .....

There’s been great excitement about the incident on Q & A last night.  For those who haven’t caught it, during the show one of the panellists slumped forward in a coma.  The reaction of the other people on the panel is causing some comment.  Nobody knew what was going on and I suppose many of them, like me, thought the dropping of his head to the table was intended to make a statement about what was being said.  Not so, it was a genuine blackout.

The first one to move in support was Greg Combet who left his seat to help.  The moderator, Tony Jones, in the tradition of ‘the show must go on’, said: “We’ll just take you off the panel, Simon, and you can wander around out the back.”  He’ll never live that down.  Simon was taken to hospital where he was admitted for observation.

The best reaction came from Sophie Mirabella who was sitting next to Simon.  As he slid forward to the table she pulled back and lifted her shoulder so she could hide behind it.  No Good Samaritan instinct there, Sophie!  As one TV tweet said this evening: “If I ever need First Aid, I hope Sophie Mirabella is not first on the scene.”