Peter Costello - the Man who never was.

This man's dream is over.Peter Costello, young student activist as a student at Monash; pushy Lawyer who won the Dollar Sweets case and the Mudginberri abbatoir case against the meat Workers Union; young Parliamentarian; Treasurer of this country for an interminable period; "Leader in waiting" for most of that time - has finally realised he never was as good as he liked to think he was.

That is something which many of us have known for a very long time.

Go away, Peter.

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EDITOR'S NOTE:

I ought thank Bernard Keane for plagiarising my title.
Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. I published at 9:15 pm last night. This item came out in Crikey at 1:49 pm today.

1 . The man who never was: Peter Costello closes the door

Canberra correspondent Bernard Keane writes:

Oh well, at least the rest of his article is his own work.

Denis