Answer:
There are four of these, but everyone's favorite seems to be spades.
One who has offended the government and has been detained by it
Where on earth do the ways always blow from the south?
Break it and it gets better, immediately set and harder to break again.
I never was but am always to be, and everyone looks forward to me
If itβs information you seek, come and see me. If itβs pairs of letters you need, I have consecutively three. What am I?