Tory MPs are rattled (Lib Dems pleased) by the postponement to 2016 of Trident's replacement.
A debate has raged over whether the electoral commission is sufficiently well-prepared, with the incumbent party, which has greater access to Nigeria's dwindling petrodollars, pushing for a postponement.
Before the stay of execution, former US president Jimmy Carter repeated his appeal for a postponement.
A Eurogroup meeting on 11 May seems to be the new cut-off point, but before that Greece needs to scrape enough cash together to fulfil its imminent payments, with the International Monetary Fund on Thursday ruling out any postponement of what it is owed.
Their caution led to the postponement of yesterday's proposed Ulster Unionist Council meeting.
Rangers' game at St Johnstone was subject to a late postponement due to a section of the McDiarmid Park pitch being frozen, giving the champions extra rest ahead of next weekend's Old Firm derby.
Werritty relayed the Sri Lankan request that the cancellation be termed a "postponement" to his friend.
The teams wore black armbands here in memory of Keith Poynton, the father of the Derbyshire wicketkeeper Tom, whose death in a car crash prompted the postponement of last week's opening match at Leicester.
Related: Opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari wins Nigerian election First came the month-and-a-half postponement, justified on the grounds that Jonathan's government needed more time to secure the north from Boko Haram.
The postponement will increase tension surrounding an intense election campaign which has been conducted in the shadow of Boko Haram's brutal assaults on towns and villages of the north-east.
A debate has raged over whether the electoral commission is prepared enough, with the incumbent party, which has greater access to Nigeria's dwindling petrodollars, pushing for a postponement.
