Will his party still be so supportive if main benefit of his party's agreement to serve and support the coalition government turns out to be adeadduck?
But the momentum of WiMax means 802.20 could be adeadduck, says Zvi Slonimsky of Alvarion, the leading maker of fixed-wireless gear and a strong backer of WiMax.
And Tory backbencher Jesse Norman said the government had backed down because of the scale of the likely rebellion on the Conservative benches and the proposals were now a"dead duck".