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There is a way out of the doom loop for Labour

But Keir Starmer needs his government to show an organising purpose that has been absent so far

Philip Stephens

As the international order cracks, the nation’s capabilities must adjust to a new world

Whatever the outcome in November, governments will have to take more responsibility for their own security

Tory radicals see a revolution as the path back to power but the pattern has been firmly set since 1922

The old rules were rewritten by the Good Friday peace agreement of 1998 and the global financial crash

Politics in the province cannot be forced into straight lines — this week’s deal follows the lessons of its history

They should give up abstentionism and try persuasion instead