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It is an imponderable question, but the beginnings of the answer to the first part look like they are already being seen.

This apparent to-be-or-not-to-be moment initiates a story that finds him wrestling with imponderables, having anguished meltdowns and trying to realize his utopian project using a building material he has invented as he navigates assorted hurdles.

“Nolan’s latest may well be full of sound and fury, signifying nothing, or it may signify something imponderably resonant, and signify it forward, backward and inside out. Does your head hurt yet?”

These are all imponderables in the aftermath of his sacking, but what is not in doubt is Rooney's reputation has suffered serious damage at Birmingham.

He adds, however, that there are "imponderables" in the council data, including the fact that people turned back by so-called greeters outside polling stations were not included in the published figures.