It's only a matter of time

You just know that the Leeds University lecturer is going to get the old heave-ho.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1726221,00.html

I confess to some uncertainty as to the basis of the delay in Grand Inquisitor Roger Gair's inevitable decision.

Does he hope that a few days' show of bulwark support for the lecturer will somehow assuage his guilt when he eventually caves in?