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Simon Jenkins

Simon Jenkins is a Guardian columnist, author and BBC broadcaster. His recent books include England's Hundred Best Views, and Mission Accomplished? The Crisis of International Intervention

February 2025

  • British Prime Minister Starmer holds press conference on migration in London<br>epa11745586 Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer holds a press conference on migration in Downing Street in London, Britain, 28 November 2024. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimated net migration to the UK was 728,000 in the 12 months to June 2024, down 20 percent from a revised figure of 906,000 in the year to June 2023. EPA/TOLGA AKMEN / POOL

    It’s clear Britain can’t survive without immigration. Now Labour must convince voters

    Simon Jenkins
    Yet more evidence shows that we will only rely on it more as time goes on. It’s time to debate it without toxic rhetoric, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

January 2025

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    Starmer wants the economy to grow, baby, grow. Woe betide the ‘blockers’ who get in his way

    Simon Jenkins
    By sweeping aside everyone from local planners to defenders of the green belt, Labour is handing a gift to Reform UK, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
  • Alan Cumming taking a selfie with Kirsty Wark in a TV studio.

    The government wants to future-proof the BBC. How about embracing a subscription model?

    Simon Jenkins
    Lisa Nandy needs creative ideas for the broadcaster. A hybrid funding settlement could protect its Reithian tradition, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
  • A packed House of Commons awaits the result of the assisted dying debate, which heard emotional testimonies from many MPs, 29 November 2024.

    I don’t want to hear MPs’ personal testimonies in parliament. Issues like assisted dying are for heads, not hearts

    Simon Jenkins
    On matters of war, of life and death, we hear emotional stories from politicians. It may be engaging, but I’m not sure it is right, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

December 2024

  • Jeju Air CEO Kim E-bae , left, and other executive members bow in apology to relatives of passengers at the Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (Lee Jin-wook/Yonhap via AP)

    Here’s a tip for the world’s politicians: sorry shouldn’t be the hardest word

    Simon Jenkins
    There is a clear benefit in taking responsibility for mistakes. So why do so many leaders fob off the public with obfuscation, asks Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
  • Potholes In The Middle Of A Mountain Road<br>Pothole Britain for G2 - Web

    Potholes everywhere, shoplifters rampant – today’s Britain looks as broken as it feels

    Simon Jenkins
    This is what happens when power over public services is stripped from local councils and handed to Whitehall, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

    • If you’ve got children, you need to watch Swiped – and see how sick their phones are making them

      Simon Jenkins

    • Labour’s ‘planning laws reform’ is really an attack on local democracy

      Simon Jenkins

    • Biden pardons his son, Trump will absolve his criminal allies. America shouldn’t stand for this

      Simon Jenkins

November 2024

  • A group of 10 people standing in front of the Houses of Parliament, next to a number of small trees with pink notes hanging from the branches.

    It’s outrageous that religious faith is being brought into the assisted dying debate

    Simon Jenkins
  • Putin sitting at a table in conversation with the first deputy prime minister, Denis Manturov.

    The west’s reckless escalation of the war in Ukraine will cause more suffering, for no strategic gain

    Simon Jenkins
  • Housing Construction Sites As UK Government Fleshes Out Planning Changes<br>Houses under construction at Whitstable Heights, a new housing development in Whitstable, UK, on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Deputy Prime Minister&nbsp;Angela Rayner&nbsp;said the UK's new government will make it easier for councils to build on the green belt and restore mandatory local housing targets as she fleshed out Labour's plans aimed at delivering 300,000 new homes a year this Parliament. Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

    Construction is the world’s biggest carbon emitter, yet Labour still refuses to tackle it

    Simon Jenkins
  • The site of a Russian rocket attack on an apartment building in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, 11 November 2024

    What should Biden do with his remaining time? Get a peace deal done in Ukraine

    Simon Jenkins

  • Yes, Trump is awful. But if there’s a silver lining, it’s a chance for progressives to reflect on what they got wrong

    Simon Jenkins

  • What to do after Grenfell? Stop building these family-unfriendly tower blocks for a start

    Simon Jenkins

  • A huge, hideous Canary Wharf by Regent’s Park: this could be the result of Labour’s plan for HS2

    Simon Jenkins

October 2024

  • Trump supporters wearing red hats stand at a rally

    It’s easy for the British to insult Donald Trump – but here’s why it’s a very bad idea

    Simon Jenkins
  • All fall down … Glasgow’s uninhabitable Red Road flats being demolished in 2015.

    The ransacking of Britain: why the people finally rose up against ‘sod you architecture’

  • Abandoned church in Gloucestershire with a boarded-up window behind a rusty open gate

    The Church of England is panicking about declining congregations – here’s what it should do instead

    Simon Jenkins
  • Chris Hoy with his gold medals at the London 2012 Olympics.

    Could we all be as positive as Chris Hoy facing death? Perhaps knowing when we will go changes everything

    Simon Jenkins
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