Some big beasts of the right raise sincere concerns about the gulf between Mr Cameron's ministerial team which they see as dominated by managerialism and pragmatism and a parliamentary party that is more ideological, especially over Europe, the great uniting issue of the right (and a cause that binds crusty oldies to the 2010 intake).

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For all their attempts at agreement this week, America and Europe are far from uniting in the face of the more nebulous threats of the post-Soviet era.

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There is a risk that the Franco-German relationship, far from uniting Europe, may end up dividing it and in the most sensitive possible area, the formation of military alliances.

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