Editorial
Editorials from the Guardian. All Guardian and Observer editorials can be found here
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Editorial: The faithful and the futurologists imagine life without death. But living forever may not be all it’s cracked up to be, and then what?
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Editorial: The condemnation of Jacob Zuma is growing inside and outside his party. But the fate of this powerful personality is not the real issue
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Editorial: Ukip is losing votes, elections and now some of its most prominent voices. Next month’s local elections will be a big test of the party’s fortunes
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Editorial: More people are employed in the UK than ever before. But the headline disguises a reality of low-paid, insecure work
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Editorial: The shifting and contradictory stances of the US administration are concerning – but all the more reason for other western nations to work together
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Editorial: The ONS has changed the way it counts inflation. More haste, less speed is needed to restore faith in facts
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Editorial: What had begun to look like a straight fight between Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron is evolving into a four-way contest where Jean-Luc Mélenchon and François Fillon still matter too
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Editorial: Attacks around the world highlight the growing dangers. There are no easy solutions, but communities can stand firm
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Editorial: Brexit makes improving the performance of UK firms essential. The state needs to meet the challenge if the private sector won’t
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Editorial: The US has sent a symbolic message that the use of chemical weapons will not be tolerated. But this administration’s approach to international affairs is unpredictable and incoherent
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Editorial: BBC television plans to close its religion and ethics section. Will the new approach lead to the Great British Pray Off?
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Editorial: Free school meals and VAT on school fees are good ideas in an area where the government flounders. Good opposition looks like this
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Editorial: The former London mayor’s language is malign and offensive. That ought to be the sum of it. But Labour has its priorities tangled
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Editorial: The Prudential Regulatory Authority should use its power to stop credit card companies making it too easy for people to get into debt
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Editorial: The prime minister and senior colleagues have fanned out across the world trying to prove that trade deals with illiberal regimes can compensate for a hard Brexit. They are wrong
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Editorial: The suspected nerve agent attack on a rebel-held area on Tuesday has underlined the regime’s confidence – bolstered by the Trump administration
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Editorial: There are no good options for tackling Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme. But the military ones are by far the most alarming
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Editorial: Theresa May sacked George Osborne and promised to do everything differently. It doesn’t look like it from here
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Editorial: The OECD thinks schools should teach how to evaluate news on the internet. Good idea, but it’s not the whole answer
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Editorial: A century ago, the right of women to vote was controversial. One day the importance of upholding their right to safety will seem as self-evident as suffrage does now
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Editorial: Locally based, joined-up health and social care is the right thing to do, but it can’t be done without money
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Editorial: David Davis’s proposals involve necessary legal changes to make Brexit work but they will need intense parliamentary scrutiny
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Editorial: The prime minister revealed that she understands her domestic audience but not her European one. The result was a row founded on a peculiar British trait: a feeling that we had traded an empire we ran – for one that ran us
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Editorial: Joanna Cannon gave up psychiatry after signing a £300,000 publishing contract. Her desire to return to hospitals shows that other work can sometimes benefit authors
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Editorial: Alexander Blackman’s mental state contributed to him shooting dead an injured Taliban fighter – but we must still uphold international law
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Editorial: It is morally and politically repugnant to try to bargain over the future of people who have enriched our lives
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Editorial: There are many things the web giants could do to help combat terrorism, but weakening privacy protection is not one of them
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