Amid the heat of battle, Fitch entered the scene announcing it was placing Southern Union on rating watch negative given uncertainty over its future corporate structure.
The first is that this represents a big climbdown for the chancellor - which re-opens the entire question of the best structure for UK banking, and so creates a lot of new uncertainty for British banks.
At this point the uncertainty means that no one can say for sure quite what the debt structure will look like after a spin-off nor whether proceeds will be used to reduce the overall debt burden.
Although the Patriots and Brady were able to find a way, Colts President Bill Polian has long found shelter in the labor uncertainty for the future and the lack of a CBA by which to structure a deal.