So whatever emerges from Southern Cross's crisis must surely be a business whose basic structure is far more robust, where thereisnodoubtabout it's ability to cope in bad times as well as good.
But, electoral calculation aside, thereisnodoubt that the political establishment is seriously worried about what it sees as growing disaffection from the political system.
For those few fields unfortunate enough to have the attention of elected and appointed officials (who care about it because at least some of the public care), thereisnodoubt that Politics plays a role.