Last year, the Mets were forced into the embarrassing position of having to borrow twenty-five million from Major League Baseball, to tide them over for theyear.
Media reports have suggested that ministers could extend a short-term 150m euros loan to Alitalia while they examine the case for further funding to tidethe airline over for a year.
Even then it is also highly likely it becomes a slimmed down beast - with the Treasury simply handing departments one year spending chits to tide them over to the other side of an election.