Editorial
Editorials from the Guardian. All Guardian and Observer editorials can be found here
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The Guardian view on the history of slavery: much to be learnedEditorial: The appointment of Bristol’s new professor of the history of slavery is a small but encouraging step towards understanding a painful past
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The Guardian view on political advertising: time to regulate it, Mr ZuckerbergEditorial: The Guardian view on political advertising: time to regulate it, Mr Zuckerberg -
The Guardian view on His Dark Materials on the BBC: a perfect matchEditorial: The lavish pleasures of the new TV adaptation should not blind us to the dangers that lie ahead for public service broadcasters
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The Guardian view on election 2019: it’s about Brexit above allEditorial: The retirement of so many centrist Tories is a reminder that theirs has now become the Brexit party in all but name -
The Guardian view on ‘pagan idols’ in the Vatican: church culture wars should concern us allEditorial: A row over Amazonian ‘Mother Earth’ statues, displayed during a prayer service in the pope’s gardens, is a depressing sign of the times
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The Guardian view on the Grenfell Tower report: bringing justice closerEditorial: The significant and striking finding that building regulations were broken should not distract from the mistakes of the London fire brigade -
The Guardian view on a volatile electorate: disunited and unpredictableEditorial: This fractured election will leave no one party speaking for the nation
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The Guardian view on a snap election: a reckoning the voters may not wantEditorial: Boris Johnson has got the poll he wanted but he might be making the same mistake as Theresa May in 2017 -
The Guardian view on Lebanon and Chile: too little, too late for protestersEditorial: Mass unrest has seized both countries. The long-term causes will not be resolved quickly or easily
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The Guardian view on Baghdadi’s death: not enough to destroy Islamic StateEditorial: The sociology of violence espoused by Isis will only be defeated by a political project that transcends the religious, nationalist and ethnic schisms in the region -
The Guardian view on the politics of ageing: don’t let our towns grow oldEditorial: The average age in UK cities is getting younger, while in smaller places the opposite is true. This could create an unwelcome new divide
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The Guardian view on special needs education: restore confidence in a failing systemEditorial: MPs have rightly criticised a poor set of reforms but have not come up with a solution for vulnerable children -
The Guardian view on general election calls: stay and finish the Brexit jobEditorial: Boris Johnson wants to get rid of this House of Commons because it stands in the way of an even harder Brexit than he is letting on
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The Guardian view on General Franco’s exhumation: a Spanish lesson in memoryEditorial: Eighty years after the civil war, Spain has faced up to the delicate but necessary task of ending its official veneration of the country’s fascist leader -
The Guardian view on the healthy state of poetry: a reprimand to Trump and JohnsonEditorial: English-language poetry is in great health – and has much to tell us about our fragile, fraught times
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The Guardian view on Boris Johnson’s election demand: MPs should call his bluffEditorial: There is no good reason to commit to an early general election when parliament has not yet considered the withdrawal agreement bill in detail. First things first -
The Guardian view on the migrant tragedy in Essex: a border crackdown is not the way forwardEditorial: An international response is required to the global migration crisis, and Britain has a responsibility to play its part


The Guardian view on Indonesia’s president: after the hope