French Socialist candidate admits 'historic drubbing'

Defated Socialist candidate Benoit Hamon said today the left had suffered a "historic drubbing" in the first round of France's presidential election.
While vowing that the "left is not dead", Hamon, who came in fifth according to projections, urged his supporters to vote for first-placed centrist Emmanuel Macron in a May 7 run-off, in order to block the election of far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, who finished second.