Bayliss was initially lukewarm to the approach but has been swayed by a package that would see him double the money he earns as coach of New South Wales and the Indian Premier League side Kolkata Knight Riders, with reports in Australia claiming he could earn as much as £300,000 a year.
In a letter to colleagues he continued to tear into Corbyn, describing his approach as "lukewarm" and his performance as "risible".
Regardless of one's stance on climate change (I'm a lukewarmer, myself), the United Nations-driven approach was never likely to work.
And some independent repair services, despite their grievances, are fairly lukewarm about taking a legislative approach to the problem.
Matt Wise, the chief executive of Q Interactive, which operates CoolSavings.com, said that his company tried a similar approach but saw a lukewarm response from consumers.
Mr. Mitrokhin first tried to defect to the United States but received a lukewarm reception from a C.I.A. officer when he approached the agency in a Baltic country soon after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
In Britain, the colonial experiment is still approached with something akin to public ambivalence, tilting towards lukewarm approval.
Corbyn himself has sometimes flirted with this approach in the past, and some Labour backbenchers accuse their leader of being lukewarm on Europe, but Miliband insists: "Jeremy is as passionate about this as I am.
If you choose this approach, then you can first place your kitty into just a little bit of the lukewarm water until his paws are wet, compliment him, and then dip him in more water.
Lukewarm interest will only bring failure.
