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Case had to step aside from an investigation into Downing Street parties after it emerged he had hosted an event during lockdown.

National security veterans from both parties are not only unimpressed; they’re alarmed.

But the hard part still lies ahead: Working out what combination of those parties and individual members can be stuck together into a majority coalition might take weeks, or months.

“It would be rash to say I can end impunity alone,” he remarks diplomatically about a conflict in which rival regional powers have been arming and assisting the warring parties.

But Sinn Féin is adamant that it has a role to play in the negotiations and plans to consult with other left-leaning parties.