So agreeing with those who have called for rapid cuts now is not simply an objective judgement about the state of the economy.
So agreeing to a freeze at current high levels won't change the fact that Opec is the main reason why there's still an oversupply of oil globally.
The FA – who did not want to pay over the odds for a high-profile foreign coach – are comfortably able to better Allardyce's £2m-a-year club salary, so agreeing remuneration was never going to be a problem.
The experience that emerges from "the process of putting together a new musical is a very particular one, and for us a very profound one in how it bonded the three of us," he said, so agreeing to do "The Wiz" was largely "to get back in the room and be around that energy".
While Wonga's agreement with the FCA today is technically voluntary, the regulator has the power to impose requirements on it — so agreeing to affordability changes now is simply a way of Wonga avoiding having changes forced upon it later.
There are no meters, so agreeing before the journey is better than disagreeing after.
