envisage

In one note, he envisaged the aftermath of a public hanging, with "surgeons fighting over corpses".

"What the government didn't envisage was the tax advantages would be abused and turned into a financial product," said investment fraud lawyer Ben Rees.

Liverpool couldn't envisage what was about to happen, however, as Palace effectively reneged on an agreement to sell, because of difficulty in signing an experienced replacement.

No government has ever tried to build prison-like detention facilities for 24,000 people in 18 months - the time scales envisaged by Reform - or at the cost claimed.

At other times, he has taken a softer tone, and has said he simply envisages the meeting to be a "feel-out" exercise.