The big issue
Observer readers' letters on the big issue of the day
The big issue: sexual health services must be protected to prevent a crisis
A petition is the first step in the battle to stop the loss of ringfencing of funds
The big issue: healthcare is too important to be left to the politicians
Restructuring of the NHS is essential, but the task needs to be taken out of the political arena and placed with a royal commission of experts
The big issue: ‘prison works’ is an outdated concept that benefits no one
The best community penalties reduce reoffending rates via repentance and payback
The big issue: a loss of Christian vocabulary devalues Britain’s national life
The replacement of religious symbolism at Christmas with anodyne commercialism reflects a wider trend, and is a threat to social values
The big issue: the inspection system is part of the problem for schools
Ofsted has helped to create the climate in which education is failing disadvantaged children
The big issue: How can loyalty to leader and manifesto be a threat to Labour?
Readers respond to Roy Hattersley’s Observer article on the party’s future
The big issue: Britain would be better off if MPs voted according to their beliefs
The adversarial nature of Brexit politics is making politicians afraid even to represent their constituents
The big issue: who will step in after bullies have silenced the dissenters?
Libertarians who discredit all those who disagree with them create a vacuum that will be filled by aggressors
Setting a date for leaving the EU threatens Britain’s security
Brexit MPs should be questioned on how bad a deal they would accept
The big issue: going back to nature helps you see your place in the world
A couple who have spent seven years in the wilderness are an inspiration to others
The big issue: joint ventures leave poorest at the mercy of property developers
Gambling with a community’s prized assets such as council homes is rarely the ideal way forward
The big issue: Oxbridge only has itself to blame for its lack of diversity
Academics deflect from their establishments’ deficiencies by saying society is at fault
The big issue: actresses must inspire others to speak out over harassment
Sexual harassment in the workplace is not confined to the film industry
The big issue: Incompetent politicians, not Europe, are betraying Britain
Blundering negotiations simply fuel conspiracy theories among leavers
The big issue: a truly free market exploits the weak and defenceless
Only the few benefit from unrestrained capitalism
The big issue: we voted for free trade in 1975, nothing less and nothing more
The European Economic Community referendum put paid to endless delay and red tape at European borders, but didn’t give a green light to federalism
The big issue: it’s no mystery – science and religion cannot be reconciled
Scientists exist to defy, examine and explain the things that others might claim to be acts of God
The big issue: we must face the truth – there will be no good Brexit deal
It is time that Remainers speak out as loudly as the hard Brexiters
The big issue: to attach religious labels to a fostered child is absurd
Tthe Tower Hamlets case has highlighted critical issues
The big issue: monuments can provide valuable historical nuances
Without public statuary, we are in danger of losing a vital dialogue with our past
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