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“Based on recent developments, it appears that the drafting of the plea agreement and diversion agreement will be contested and Mr. Clark is a percipient witness to those issues,” he and another lawyer wrote in the filing.

“Why would you not provide the court with admissible evidence that wouldn’t necessarily give me any information about the names of the officers or even pictures, but somebody to actually have percipient knowledge of what’s on the flash drive?”

That drew a horselaugh from veteran investor Jim Chanos, whose experience as a short-seller has given him a uniquely percipient feel for Wall Street foibles.

It’s fun wordplay with a percipient message, but fans might be further impressed to know she wrote and recorded the song extemporaneously in a single take, sitting in a studio chair while eight months pregnant.

Sunak’s earlier warnings against Truss’s economic policies have proven percipient — and may ease his pathway to victory this time around.