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The next director general will be walking into an impossible job – and a political firefight
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The next director general will be walking into an impossible job – and a political firefight
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Our political system is that we make huge mistakes, and then reverse them to make mistakes in the opposite direction
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Where are our storytellers to shake us or point a way ahead?
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This oddest of prime ministers has the hide of a rhinoceros.
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There is an upside to making so many mistakes – No 10 can learn from them.
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Concessions to welfare rebels may have saved the government, but there remain lessons for the Prime Minister to learn.
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The Prime Minister’s authority is under attack and Rachel Reeves may pay the price.
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The civil wars within Maga and Reform UK only show how dangerous they are.
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