The Guardian view on Saudi Arabia: a slow-motion coup | Editorial

There are legitimate questions about whether you can sweep out the Augean stables if you don’t have clean handsThe slow-motion coup in Saudi Arabia is changing nothing – and everything – in the desert kingdom. An unprecedented series of arrests this weekend has put princes, former ministers and tycoons behind the gilded bars of a five star hotel. By precipitating the resignation of the Lebanese prime minister, a new front against long-time rival Iran was opened up just as an ol