After a febrile couple of weeks Gordon Brown now assures us that his administration is listening to the people.
Denied the General Election that the country so obviously needs the Eye is prepared, just this once, to give him the benefit of the doubt.
So to My Lord Adonis, Secretary of State for Transport, falls the honour of proving that the Government is indeed listening.
According to the Yorkshire Post yesterday:
"NINETY-FOUR per cent of people taking part in a Sheffield Council poll say they are opposed to the introduction of ticket barriers at Sheffield railway station, which would prevent people using the railway bridge to access the city centre.
To date 4,000 people have voted on the Sheffield City Council website.
So Andrew - are you listening?