The spectacle of the slow death of a state government is a sad sight to behold. It gives substance to that old adage that " a house divided will certainly fall ".
The Labor party has never been a single political party. At best it is an amalgamation of various factions - most of which can't stand the sight of one another - who form a temporary but uneasy truce from time to time to share in the spoils of electoral victory.
This amalgamation has run it's course and is now in self destruct mode. It is past it's " use by " date and would normally have been put to paddock at the last election, but for the stupidity of it's opposition.
The cracks are too wide to be papered over. There is an open rift between Premier Morris Iemma and his acolytes who seek to privatise electricity and the head office clique who wish to install a new front man to do their bidding.
In the interim there is a mad scramble of decision making that leads nowhere. No coordinated plan exists and the factions are pushing via those of their persuasion who hold ministerial office for factional interests rather than state priorities.
No doubt the state government will limp along until the next election, but the mess they will leave behind will cripple this state for decades. Sympathy will need to be bestowed on those who gain the unenviable job of unscrambling the omlette !
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