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The Observer view: Shaky ceasefire is no victory for Netanyahu amid suffering of Gaza and hostages

For the people of Lebanon, last week’s agreement to halt the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah comes as a huge relief. The 14-month conflict,...

30.11.2024 10

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The Observer view: Selling a piece of fruit for £4m isn’t bananas, it’s decadent. Art is better than this

Paulina Brandberg, the Swedish minister for gender equality and work life, has a phobia of bananas so severe, her aides check rooms for the fruit...

23.11.2024 20

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The Observer view: ICC’s Israel arrest warrants are a test the world must not fail

The decision by the international criminal court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, and Yoav Gallant,...

23.11.2024 30

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The Observer view: the Cop summit is foundering, we need urgent action not more hot air

‘Global emissions continue to increase, carbon sinks are being degraded and we can no longer exclude the possibility of surpassing 2.9C of warming...

17.11.2024 10

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The Observer view on Ukraine: the west must give Zelenskyy free rein now North Korea has joined the war

The transfer to Russia of an estimated 10,000 North Korean troops to bolster Vladimir Putin’s illegal war in Ukraine represents an alarming...

02.11.2024 80

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The Observer view on the death of Yahya Sinwar: Joe Biden must use this moment to press for peace

Contrasting reactions to the chance killing by Israeli soldiers of Hamas’s top leader, Yahya Sinwar, offer a chastening guide to the dismal,...

20.10.2024 10

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The Observer view on the Conservative party: in the race to be Tory leader, the candidates ignore Britain’s pressing issues

Big election defeats almost always throw political parties into existential crises: who do they represent, what are they for? The Conservative party,...

20.10.2024 10

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The Observer view on the employment rights bill: workers finally get the protection they deserve

The UK lingers far below the OECD average when it comes to employment protection. Research by the Centre for Business Research at the University of...

13.10.2024 10

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The Observer view on climate change: Hurricane Milton is a portent – but it’s not too late

The havoc unleashed by Hurricane Milton provided unambiguous evidence that we are entering a critical and alarming new phase in the planet’s climate...

13.10.2024 60

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The Observer view: youth mobility must be part of post-Brexit reset

Britons aged 18 to 30 can apply for visas to live and work for a limited time in 13 countries, including Australia, New Zealand and Canada, as part of...

29.09.2024 70

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The Observer view on Mohamed Al Fayed: despite #MeToo, women are still at the mercy of powerful predators

Money and power have enabled men throughout time to get away with the most appalling abuse and keep it quiet. The sheer number of allegations of...

22.09.2024 30

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The Observer view on the NHS: If it is to ‘reform or die’, let’s start with the way it handles our data

Last week’s report by Lord Ara Darzi on the state of the country’s health service made bleak reading. In relentless detail, the distinguished...

15.09.2024 30

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The Observer view on Afghanistan: Britain and the US are complicit in the Taliban’s oppression of women

‘So pervasive is the Taliban’s institutionalised gender oppression, and so slender are the spaces in which women and girls may live freely, that...

08.09.2024 50

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The Observer view on the autumn budget: Labour must break this cycle of sluggish growth

‘Things will get worse before they get better.” That was the gloomy prognosis from Keir Starmer in his first set-piece speech as prime minister in...

01.09.2024 30

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The Observer view on the attainment gap in England’s GCSE results

The young people who took their GCSEs this summer were in their first year of secondary school when the pandemic hit in 2020. For many, their results...

25.08.2024 10

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The Observer view on growth: Labour must be prepared to spend

Public sector pay has fallen by 2.5% in real terms since 2010, while private sector pay rose by just under 4% in the same period. Nurses’ pay fell...

18.08.2024 10

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The Observer view on the UK riots: political neglect lies behind our fractured communities

Last Wednesday, businesses closed early and shops boarded up in anticipation of an outbreak of far-right violence in some parts of the country. Six...

11.08.2024 10

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The Observer view on the US-Russia prisoner swap: release brought joy but there is a downside too

You have to hand it to Joe. Two weeks ago, isolating at his home in Delaware, sick with Covid and sick at heart over his imminent decision to abandon...

04.08.2024 20

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The Observer view: Kamala Harris has risen above doubters, now she must stay on high ground

The speed and single-mindedness with which Kamala Harris secured the Democratic presidential nomination following Joe Biden’s sudden decision last...

28.07.2024 10

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The Observer view: sticking to fiscal rule will imperil Labour’s future

Britain’s public finances are in a desperate state. That is the key message the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, will deliver in a speech on Monday, which...

28.07.2024 20

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The Observer view on the global IT crash: lessons must be learned from CrowdStrike fiasco

One bit of good news about the “epic IT crash” that brought the western world to a temporary standstill is that it was a product of human error...

20.07.2024 10

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The Observer view on violence against women after Bushey murders: rampant misogyny must be tackled

Carol. Hannah. Louise. Three women, killed in a chilling, apparently targeted murder in their home last week. A quotidian horror, remarkable only for...

14.07.2024 30

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The Observer view on Joe Biden: he must step aside to stop Donald Trump

Joe Biden’s political future is a matter of huge concern to all who care about democracy, progressive values and the security of the western world....

14.07.2024 20

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The Observer view on the new Labour government: a fine start but still a mountain to climb

It could not come soon enough. After 14 years, Britain at last has a government motivated by re-energising a sluggish economy rather than channelling...

07.07.2024 10

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The Observer view on how a Labour government can make Britain a fairer and greener place

On Thursday, voters will have a historic opportunity, not just decisively to evict one of the worst governments this country has ever endured. They...

30.06.2024 30

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The Observer view on Vladimir Putin’s reckless visit to Asia

Vladimir Putin’s visits to North Korea and Vietnam last week caused great consternation among the western powers, which was undoubtedly his...

23.06.2024 50

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The Observer view on Labour’s economic strategy: EU is the key to growth

Economic growth will be the linchpin of Labour’s strategy for government if it wins the election, as it is comfortably expected to do in two weeks....

22.06.2024 10

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The Observer view on the French election: Emmanuel Macron is playing a dangerous game

Those complaining about the tedium and predictability of the UK’s general election must gaze with envy across the Channel to France, a country...

16.06.2024 20

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The Observer view: manifestos reveal the gulf between the main parties

The Britain that the next government will inherit on 5 July has been profoundly misgoverned for 14 years. Productivity, the heart of prosperity, has...

16.06.2024 60

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The Observer view on D-day furore: Rishi Sunak is driving Tories over an electoral cliff edge

‘As we gather here today, it is not just to honour those who showed such remarkable bravery on that day … it’s to listen to the echoes of their...

09.06.2024 30

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The Observer view on the social care crisis: whoever wins the election, it needs addressing urgently

There is one pressing issue affecting millions of people that has been conspicuous in its absence from the general election campaign so far. The...

02.06.2024 50

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