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Orkney's current council leader, Heather Woodbridge, assured members during their meeting that this was just the start of a more detailed appraisal and implementing the model was not a foregone conclusion.

"But it's not a foregone conclusion because Swiatek has suffered a lot of losses this year."

And that would recoup only a small fraction of the 4% of GDP the government's own independent forecasters reckon has been foregone as a result of Brexit.

The finale writes that as a foregone conclusion, though.

The Premier League is practically a foregone conclusion now with Liverpool so far clear of the chasing pack.