You have to give management credit for creativity in solving the current problems.
The latest solution that will be implemented from the middle of November is to establish a night rating for airspace that is similar to what a controller is or has been rated on, even without completing the requisite training. This "endorsement" can be exercised as long as the traffic levels arent too high or too complex, and if they are, it is up to the duty supervisor to sort out. This has come about because the training for new airspace has not been completed on time.
I guess this is just in line with the plug-and-play endorsement philosophy that is envisaged as one of the "flexibility" measures being considered by managers, but to me it is a very sharp, thin edge to a very large wedge.
Check out TLI 0319/08 before it (hopefully) gets pulled when someone up there realises the safety implications of what is being proposed and how vulnerable it leaves everyone involved.