Editorial
Editorials from the Guardian. All Guardian and Observer editorials can be found here
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Editorial: It is a waste of money to keep people locked up on indeterminate sentences. And it is no way to run a justice system either
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Editorial: Too many employees are no longer protected by a legal system designed for a different age
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Editorial: The foreign secretary’s interview with a Czech newspaper typifies his worrying tendency of harming Britain’s interests with badly chosen words
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Editorial: The US election has transformed a farewell presidential visit from a chance for cautious optimism into a trip that is full of foreboding and uncertainty
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Editorial: Facebook in particular has to be wary of the dangers of misinformation. Otherwise social media will end up an echo chamber for post-truth politics
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Editorial: Less than a week after Donald Trump’s election, too many on the British right are obsessing about ephemeral issues in the transatlantic relationship
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Editorial: It’s been known for generations that improving public footpaths is good not just for the nation but the nation’s health
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Editorial: Delegates have gathered in Marrakech to celebrate ratification of the Paris deal on climate change. But the US elections risk turning it into a wake
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Editorial: Six years of cuts have left services too stretched to do their job. The autumn statement must free more cash, or the NHS itself will be unable to cope
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Editorial: Theresa May and her foreign secretary are eager for post-EU trade deals. But they can’t be at any cost
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Editorial: Poetry is an endless conversation and argument with the dead – the most important talk we’ll ever have
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Editorial: If the incoming US president lives up to his campaign pledges, the rules-based world order will be shaken to its core
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Editorial: Donald Trump has been magnanimous in victory. He will need to govern in the spirit of shared commitment to the ideals of America
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Editorial: This is a political and cultural cataclysm that few believed would really happen. It’s a bleak day for America, and for the pluralism and diversity the country has come to stand for
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Editorial: The hounding of Meghan Markle confirms that the tabloids have recovered their sense of impunity, and that’s bad news for us all
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Editorial: Electing Donald Trump would mean conservatism off the leash, a deepened racial divide and a less safe planet. America and the world deserve better
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Editorial: British arms sales are fuelling a cruel and pointless war. If we can’t stop the conflict, we should at least stop enabling it
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Editorial: A show about treating robots as fully human reminds us how difficult it is to treat even humans that way
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Editorial: The former secretary of state has the experience to tackle pressing challenges. A Donald Trump victory would be dangerous for everyone
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Editorial: Dissent is vital but attempts to shatter a nation’s confidence in judges as impartial guardians of the rule of law are wrong
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Editorial: The Brexit campaigners cry foul but there’s no conspiracy – just majority rule tempered by the rule of law
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Editorial: The justice secretary’s plans for more staff and modern places are commendable – but sentencing must be addressed too
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Editorial: The high court’s ruling on article 50 should be neither the beginning nor the end of a greater engagement by parliament with the Brexit agenda
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Editorial: The scandals surrounding Jacob Zuma raise fresh questions about his future, but also highlight the strength of South Africa’s institutions
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Editorial: The poorest are pushed further into poverty, while the rich are given billions. Not satire, but the data
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Editorial: Russia’s behaviour on the international stage is unsettling. But the western response should be neither aggressive nor complacent – and it should be based on transatlantic unity
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Editorial: After half a millennium the passions of Martin Luther’s revolution are spent. Yet Christianity remains a bedrock of Europe’s quest for values
The Guardian view on the autumn statement: a break with past thinking please