Editorial
Editorials from the Guardian. All Guardian and Observer editorials can be found here
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The Guardian view on the IMF and World Bank: back a global Green New DealEditorial: At 75, the Bretton Woods institutions face an identity crisis. It’s time for them to chart a fresh course -
The Guardian view on the BBC: watch closely – change is comingEditorial: There is no immediate threat to the licence fee. But the corporation must update the case for its place in Britain’s national life
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The Guardian view on the dash for a deal: Johnson’s Brexit is more dangerous than Theresa May’sEditorial: The prime minister ran out of time playing political games, and he wants British workers to pay the price for his bungling -
The Guardian view on the economics Nobel: worthy winnersEditorial: The work of Esther Duflo, Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer on poverty deserved this accolade, but both the prize and the discipline need reform
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The Guardian view on automating poverty: OK computers?Editorial: The use of AI and ‘welfare robots’ by governments around the world presents moral as well as technical challenges -
The Guardian view on racism and football: time for Uefa to step upEditorial: England’s footballers behaved with dignity and discipline on a shameful night of racial abuse in Bulgaria. European football’s governing body must now impose sanctions that bite
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The Guardian view on the Queen’s speech: show without substanceEditorial: The government talks up the UK’s bright, post-Brexit future but its populist policies threaten to take the country backwards -
The Guardian view on Scottish nationalism: a warning from CataloniaEditorial: Spain is shamed by its jailing of independence leaders. But the SNP is wise not to follow the illegal Catalan approach
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The Guardian view on John Bercow’s departure: parliament needs a bold SpeakerEditorial: Bercow has been rightly criticised, but whoever takes over from him should emulate his reforms and radicalism -
The Guardian view on Syria and Trump: a disaster, still being madeEditorial: The US president was warned about the consequences of betraying the Kurds. Now he can see them, and he still doesn’t care
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The Guardian view on the polluters: days of reckoningEditorial: Fossil fuel companies have worked for decades to shape attitudes and undermine science. The crisis dictates that they must now be confronted -
The Guardian view on Abiy Ahmed’s Nobel peace prize: so far, so goodEditorial: The decision to honour the Ethiopian prime minister recognises the astonishing changes he has pushed through. But the country’s progress remains precarious
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The Guardian view on the Extinction Rebellion protests: of course they’re an inconvenienceEditorial: Critics complain that the civil disobedience campaign is unrealistic and disruptive. But its tactics are forcing the public and politicians to confront the climate emergency -
The Guardian view on China and basketball: power gamesEditorial: A boycott sparked by comments on Hong Kong’s protests has highlighted how China is exporting its controls on speech by economic means
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The Guardian view on Johnson’s choice: rule of law or misruleEditorial: The prime minister has imported a wrecking campaign style to Downing Street that is incompatible with good government -
The Guardian view on Poland’s election: church-sanctioned bigotry casts a shadowEditorial: The country’s Catholic hierarchy has played an ignominious part in boosting the ruling party’s homophobic campaign
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The Guardian view on faltering Brexit talks: a no-deal election is on the cardsEditorial: The blame game has begun after a No 10 briefing of an Angela Merkel phone call. A public row serves the government’s purpose -
The Guardian view on Trump and Syria: damage has been doneEditorial: The ditching of Kurdish-led forces threatens to destabilise the region further. It is just the latest proof of the dangers of this president’s foreign dealings



The Guardian view on the Brexit vote: bin this bad deal