But nobody disputes the fact that demoralisation and degradation of the police force are now threatening not just anarchy but even, in some regions, civil conflict.

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Queasy as it may feel at seeing Maoists share power next door, India may gain from the demoralisation that leaders of its own Maoist, or Naxalite, rebellion must feel on seeing their Nepali comrades join the mainstream.

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For all the legitimate charges levelled against the government on public services - the chronic waste of money, the demoralisation of staff, the incompetence of junior doctor training appointments and the NHS computer, the growing truancy problem in schools - there are things that the current Prime Minister and the Conservative Party agree on about the nature of public services reform.

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