Costa loses plot!

Enraged by the dramatic lose of support of the ALP conference NSW Treasurer Micheal Costa stormed across the room - his face flushed, his hands clenched - towards John Robertson, the secretary of Unions NSW. "You blokes can get f---ed," he screamed. "You're going to look like dickheads on Monday morning."

If any other delegate had behaved in such a manner no doubt they would have been ejected from the conference ... special license for upset ministers?

What Costa's behavior clearly shows is how much his ego is tied up with the proposed sell-off of NSW electricity. Having lost support of the unions, the NSW electorate (80% oppose the plan) the majority of ALP branches and now the ALP conference (85% oppose the plan), it appears that Costa now imagines that the belated support of newspaper editorials writers and various business leaders (who would be the main beneficiaries of the privatisation) will somehow help the plan get through.

Is Costa's behaviour a signal that he knows the plan is done for? Or did he swallow one too many hamburgers?