May delays: Brexit vote deferred
A 19th-century British grandee, Lord Salisbury, once said “delay is life” while defending the conservatism that tries to defer change. At the same time, Salisbury underlined a permanent truth about political practice: For a besieged politician, delay can be a reliable shield.
Another version of that philosophy, a more homespun one maybe, might be that “no news is good news”.
