Possible Clues:

• Editorials with it must give guidance
• Senior officers nearly all perished in rebellion
• Control all those who peruse the newspaper with change of direction at the start?
• First vessel following the queen's command
• What government needs desperately is help, dear
• Those in newspapers taking one of the joints in charge of The Party
• Commander's characteristic
• Commander's attribute
• Left perished in disarray, having accepted Theresa's final command
• Guide is a crafty type providing direction in company