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The Guardian view on Italy’s divided opposition: a Five Star revolution can help unite the left

Political scientists have long argued that a defining characteristic of populism is the distinction between a “pure people” and a “corrupt...

01.12.2024 20

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The Guardian view on the assisted dying debate: a first hurdle cleared – many more lie ahead

On Friday, MPs voted to advance legislation on assisted dying in England and Wales, reflecting polling that shows widespread public support. However,...

29.11.2024 10

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The Guardian view on ‘words of the year’: lexical snapshots of a moment in time

It started with “chav” and has included “carbon footprint”, “omnishambles” and “selfie”. The Oxford word of the year campaign...

29.11.2024 20

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The Guardian view on the Booker prize winner: a whole new perspective

“To look at the Earth from space is a bit like a child looking into a mirror and realising for the first time that the person in the mirror is...

17.11.2024 10

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The Guardian view on the UK’s election challenges: an epidemic of intimidation

Britain’s election system is working well, and voters retain high levels of confidence in it. That’s the good news from a report this week from...

17.11.2024 10

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The Guardian view on UN climate talks: rich and poor nations can strike a win-win deal

More than a century of burning coal, oil and gas has fuelled intense heatwaves, prolonged droughts, heavier rains and devastating floods. To prevent...

15.11.2024 10

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The Guardian view on Lords shake-up: meaningful change goes beyond scrapping birthright

More than a century ago, the 1911 Parliament Act restricted the House of Lords’ powers under threat of a flood of Liberal appointees. The act boldly...

13.11.2024 10

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The Guardian view on NHS reform: evidence not dogma should be the guide

For any government contemplating NHS reform, the 2012 Health and Social Care Act is a textbook case of what not to do. Despite promises of “no more...

13.11.2024 30

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The Guardian view on China’s growth limits: shifting to a post-industrial economy is tough

China faces what the economist Albert Hirschman noted decades ago: explosive growth is unbalanced, and success embeds that unevenness into political,...

12.11.2024 20

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The Guardian view on Cop29: 1.5C has been passed – so speed up the green transition

Predictions that this will be the first calendar year in which the 1.5C warming limit enshrined in the Paris agreement is surpassed provide a stark...

12.11.2024 20

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The Guardian view on Trump’s tariff push: it should spark a global call for fairer trade

“To me, the most beautiful word in the dictionary is tariff,” Donald Trump told business leaders in October. “It’s my favourite word. It needs...

11.11.2024 10

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The Guardian view on Germany’s collapsed coalition: politics in the shadow of Donald Trump

Spying a possible silver lining to events in the US, some commentators have speculated that the re-election of Donald Trump may at least concentrate...

10.11.2024 10

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The Guardian view on the rise of eco-poetry: writing cannot ignore global heating

Poetry has a big debt to nature, its muse and source of metaphor for centuries. As the UN climate conference begins, it is time to pay it back....

10.11.2024 20

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The Guardian view on Bridget Phillipson’s sound advice: schools should focus on belonging

The reasons for poor attendance at English schools, high rates of psychological distress and illness among young people, and a rising number of pupils...

08.11.2024 10

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The Guardian view on the return of President Trump: a bleak day for America and the world

This is an exceptionally bleak and frightening moment for the United States and the world. Donald Trump swept the electoral college and is on course...

06.11.2024 30

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The Guardian view on Labour’s 2030 clean energy target: Britain should go for it

One of Labour’s first acts in government was to lift the de facto ban on new onshore windfarms introduced by the Conservatives in 2016, which closed...

05.11.2024 10

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The Guardian view on America’s electoral college: time to scrap an antidemocratic relic

The last two presidential elections have raised serious questions about the strength of American democracy and, unfortunately, Tuesday’s election...

04.11.2024 20

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The Guardian view on raising university fees: help for poorer students must be prioritised

The announcement that the tuition fees paid by English students (but not Scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish ones) are to rise next year is a response...

04.11.2024 10

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The Guardian view on Kemi Badenoch: a right turn reveals a party still in denial

Following a pivotal week, the contours of Britain’s post-election landscape are more sharply defined, and its dividing lines more vivid. Last...

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The Guardian view on the US election and women: what’s different this time?

No woman in 2024 can be surprised to learn that Donald Trump is a misogynistic bully. In 2016, he defeated Hillary Clinton, who would have been...

03.11.2024 10

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The Guardian view on local government under Labour: reviving the civic gospel

According to one of the great 19th-century champions of municipal government, a well-run town was “a solemn organism through which should flow …...

01.11.2024 10

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The Guardian view on climate-linked disasters: Spain’s tragedy will not be the last

The death toll from floods in Spain’s Valencia region has topped 200. A huge clean-up is under way amid desperate conditions, with severe weather...

01.11.2024 10

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The Guardian view on female-led horror: time for a new formula

This Halloween, it seems, is all about the “hag”. Overshadowing the axe-wielding clown in Terrifier 3, a dark-web serial killer in Red Rooms and...

30.10.2024 10

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The Guardian view on Labour’s choices: emphasising a big state amid economic challenges

The 1970s are making a notable comeback – not necessarily in reputation, but certainly as an object of interest. Rachel Reeves’ budget is poised...

30.10.2024 10

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The Guardian view on Rishi Sunak’s exit: fated to be a forgotten prime minister

Rishi Sunak has kept the lowest of public profiles since leaving Downing Street in July. As leader of the opposition, he has made only essential...

29.10.2024 10

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The Guardian view on gambling: a public health approach is a good bet

The regulation of internet gambling was left out of the last government’s online harms bill. So far, Labour’s plans for the industry are opaque....

29.10.2024 10

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The Guardian view on UK-EU security cooperation: some red lines must be blurred

In the big picture of global security, a single factory making gun barrels for tanks, due to open in 2027, doesn’t change the balance of power. But...

27.10.2024 10

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The Guardian view on the budget: Rachel Reeves must have a narrative, not just numbers

Among the most famous definitions of narrative comes from EM Forster. “The king died and then the queen died” is a story, he said, while “The...

27.10.2024 10

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The Guardian view on ‘indie beer’: crafting a new identity

These are tough economic times for small-scale craft breweries, as recent closures have sadly illustrated. But the ethos of creative defiance and...

25.10.2024 10

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The Guardian view on the US election and foreign policy: the world can’t afford Trump again

This spring Josep Borrell, the EU foreign affairs chief, warned bluntly that Europe should prepare itself for potential war: “Maybe, depending on...

25.10.2024 8

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The Guardian view on Labour and the US election: a storm in a teacup

You can say that the evidence of Labour volunteers dipping into America’s election to campaign for Kamala Harris may not do the Labour...

24.10.2024 10

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The Guardian view on investing in public transport: it’s time, finally, to look north

When London’s new 73-mile Elizabeth line won the prestigious Stirling prize for architecture last week, the judges’ choice proved a popular...

21.10.2024 10

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The Guardian view on foreign powers in Sudan: struggling for advantage while civilians starve

The often denied but obvious involvement of foreign powers in Sudan’s deadly civil war is now firmly in the spotlight. Tens of thousands of...

21.10.2024 7

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The Guardian view on tax and spend politics: dodging debate by fiddling with fiscal rules

The former Labour chancellor Denis Healey famously quipped that the first law of politics is “when you’re in a hole, stop digging”. That advice...

20.10.2024 9

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The Guardian view on North Koreans in Ukraine: a Russian war is using foreign labour

Around 1 million soldiers are believed to have been killed or wounded in Russia’s war in Ukraine. In addition to the vast Ukrainian civilian and...

20.10.2024 9

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The Guardian view on prison reform: Labour must champion alternatives

Last month’s report on sentencing from a group of former heads of the judiciary ended with a stark warning that the country faces a future of...

18.10.2024 10

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The Guardian view on female artists: a force to be reckoned with

At a book launch in the late 1980s, Kazuo Ishiguro quipped to Martin Amis that all the greatest novels were written by authors in their 20s and 30s....

18.10.2024 7

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The Guardian view on England’s new manager: a German can bring it home

When the Football Association made Sven-Göran Eriksson the first foreign manager of the England men’s team in 2001, the widespread reaction was one...

16.10.2024 9

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The Guardian view on Israel and the UN: undermining a vital institution

The United Nations is supposed to be above the fray – a forum for and facilitator of peaceful resolutions or, at the least, the minimisation of...

15.10.2024 6

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The Guardian view on taxing the rich: essential for economic fairness and growth

Denis Healey is often misquoted as saying he wanted to “squeeze the rich until the pips squeak” in the 1970s. He never actually used that phrase....

11.10.2024 10

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The Guardian view on the employment rights bill: a fairer deal for the world of work

Labour’s general election manifesto said the government would introduce its workers’ rights package within its first 100 days. On Thursday, on day...

10.10.2024 10

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The Guardian view on inequality in the UK: what kids can teach us

Ahead of the budget at the end of this month, the liveliest debate is over how much Rachel Reeves will set aside to invest in infrastructure. As the...

09.10.2024 8

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The Guardian view on the Conservative leadership contest: normality is not on the ballot

If the purpose of a long Conservative leadership contest was to facilitate an audit of what caused July’s catastrophic general election defeat and...

09.10.2024 9

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The Guardian view on the coroner’s role: if deaths can be prevented, they should be

The family of Maeve Boothby O’Neill, who died aged 27 after suffering from myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) for many years, is not the first to reach...

08.10.2024 20

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The Guardian view on Israel and Iran: there will be no winners from an all-out war

When Joe Biden last week said that his administration has been “discussing” possible Israeli plans to attack Iran’s oil industry in retaliation...

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The Guardian view on privatised care failures: a service crying out for change

The government has yet to respond in detail to the latest, shocking findings about the poor performance of for-profit social care providers, and what...

07.10.2024 9

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The Guardian view on Look Back in Anger: still shocking

Disenfranchised youth, a dangerously divided society and existential threats to humanity: Look Back in Anger seems ripe for a revival – with...

06.10.2024 7

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The Guardian view on Britain ceding the Chagos Islands: a welcome step towards justice

More than five decades ago, Britain began forcibly displacing an entire Indigenous people from their Indian Ocean archipelago so that it could build a...

04.10.2024 10

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