And if it's not the corrupt in your ranks, Mr President, who are going to trip you up, it's the loony left in the tripartite alliance. The truth is simply that you're never going to be able to achieve many of the lofty goals you set out for yourself because your party and alliance partners will not let you. Your plans to restructure Eskom will be scuttled, and not by the opposition, but by your own alliance partners,