I reported earlier how government plans to close 38 railway branchlines even led to strikes, despite a last-minute announcement of a delay of a few months.

Now, after the break-up of the governing coalition, the first decision of the new transport minister in the new Socialist-only minority government was to delay the final decision over the 12 most threatened lines until the end of the year. (Ostensibly, to "have more time for negotiations with local governments".)

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}