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  "textContent": "\"If the public increasingly believes devolved government exists only as a permanent stage for political grievance and managed outrage, confidence in the institutions themselves will continue to erode, regardless of what delivery statistics say.\"",
  "title": "Real progress at Stormont risks being lost in political theatre"
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