Disse forsinkelser er en naturlig følge af tingenes logik - reformen sker ikke på en dag - men måske var det en smule uforsigtigt i begyndelsen af perioden at sige, at alt dette ville ske meget hurtigt.
These delays are clearly in the nature of things - reform cannot happen overnight - but it was perhaps a little unwise to say, at the start of this term of office, that it would all happen extremely swiftly.