Heathrow’s third runway is a bottomless money pit. Stop it now It won’t promote growth, will take decades and will swallow up billions of taxpayers’ money, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins The Guardian - UK · Oct 9
Should we refuse to give the Bayeux tapestry back to France? Of course not! So why are we keeping the Parthenon marbles? It is simply wrong for the British Museum to hoard what doesn’t belong to Britain. Let the squabbling end and the sculptures be returned to Greece, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins The Guardian - UK · Oct 2
What are the Lib Dems for? They must champion localism to stay relevant in an age of single-issue politics Ed Davey’s party are the obvious candidates to push for the deeper local democracy the public is crying out for, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins The Guardian - UK · Sep 25
Slowly then all at once: this emboldened Celtic alliance could spell the end of the UK It’s something akin to a quiet earthquake: home nations jointly declaring their wish to be freed from English domination. A big move needs a big response, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins The Guardian - UK · Sep 18
Wake up, Britain: Donald Trump’s US is no friend of ours. We must secure our own place in the world The US president is ever more wayward – and has little interest in defending Europe. The constitution may hold him to account, but we can’t wait, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins The Guardian - UK · Sep 11
Britain’s schools are failing its young people – and 1m Neets are paying the price Obsessed with exams, devoid of vocational training: there is a total mismatch between schools and life beyond their gates, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins The Guardian - UK · Sep 4
Seeing red when cyclists decide not to stop at traffic lights Letters: Readers respond to Simon Jenkins’ article admitting that he has cycled through red signals The Guardian - UK · Aug 28
I’ll admit it: I’ve cycled through red lights. But Britain’s traffic laws are to blame, not me The essence of cycling is to keep moving, but London’s chaotic roads often make this difficult. My solution: fewer, not more rules, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins The Guardian - UK · Aug 21
Ukrainian cathedrals, Gaza’s archives, Iranian squares – modern war is systematically erasing human history It is not enough now for war to kill, it must eradicate a people’s cherished and precious heritage too, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins The Guardian - UK · Aug 13
I stand to defend vertical drinking. Is a pub that doesn’t allow it a real pub at all? The time-honoured tradition of standing up with a drink, gossiping and putting the world to rights is under threat. If councillors ban it, we’ll all lose out, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins The Guardian - UK · Aug 7
Will Burnham fix our barbaric prisons – or cave to rightwing populism? The answer is a tragedy England and Wales’s prisons are overcrowded, drug-infested and barbaric. Labour has halted a once-in-a-generation effort to change that sorry state, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins The Guardian - UK · Jul 31
Burnham is acting like he’s mayor of everywhere – that’s not devolving power to local communities The UK is one of the most centralised countries in Europe. Can you imagine Meloni in charge of social care or Macron discussing buses, asks Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins The Guardian - UK · Jul 24
The Falklands-Malvinas and fundamental rights Letters: Jack Ford of the Falkland Islands legislative assembly says the Falkland Islands are British because that is the wish of the people who live there, in response to an article by Simon Jenkins. Plus letters from Marcelo Alberto Albarenque and Lucian Comoy The Guardian - UK · Jul 22
‘Las Malvinas son Argentinas’? Not quite – but the Falklands cannot remain British for ever The enmity between London and Buenos Aires has gone on for far too long – sooner or later, wise heads will prevail, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins The Guardian - UK · Jul 16
The Guardian - UK · Jul 8 Farage told me he would quit politics after Brexit. Now, mired in scandal, he should do it and mean it His byelection stunt shows he is clearly rattled by a perilous position. Wildcards rarely endure: his future is behind him, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
The Guardian - UK · Jul 6 Britain’s defence spending plans need greater scrutiny Letters: Readers respond to an article by Simon Jenkins that said sacrificing domestic projects is indefensible
The Guardian - UK · Jul 1 There is no immediate military threat to Britain. We should spend less on defence Parliament, media and thinktanks are united in their view that more military spending is still not enough. But sacrificing domestic projects to pay for it is indefensible, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
The Guardian - UK · Jun 23 ‘I feel entirely vindicated’: three Guardian columnists debate Brexit and its legacy Ten years on, our writers met to reflect on whether leaving the EU has made the UK richer or more racist – and how the union is doing without us
The Guardian - UK · Jun 22 Good luck, Andy Burnham – you’ll need more than a smile and a better bus service to succeed in No 10 As prime minister, Starmer acted with dignity. What a pity that those Labour colleagues who ousted him could not do the same, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
The Guardian - UK · Jun 18 Trump thinks his freshly signed ceasefire deal is a victory. It is – for Iran With sanctions-relief and a US promise to avoid further meddling, the conflict has been settled on Tehran’s terms, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
The Guardian - UK · Jun 12 As John Healey goes, the political vultures circle Starmer. And so continues our history of PM-icide A small, eccentric electorate gets to oust the UK’s leaders and then chooses largely inadequate replacements. It’s an absurd process and we’re locked into it again, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
The Guardian - UK · Jun 6 Leaked WhatsApps, embarrassing emails: it’s bad for British politics that privacy is now dead The principle underlying the release of the Mandelson papers is that officials are always ‘on the record’ – but our leaders must be able to speak their minds freely, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
The Guardian - UK · May 29 Sunak is right that our students need financial literacy – but that shouldn’t mean yet more maths Education should prepare young people for dealing not only with practical things such as insurance, pensions and taxes but also with tech and mental health, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
The Guardian - UK · May 27 HS2: white elephant or vital addition to Britain’s rail network? Letters: Readers respond to Simon Jenkins’ article in which he called for the project to be scrapped
The Guardian - UK · May 21 HS2 is the wildest white elephant in British history. Please put it out of its misery The government is in thrall to the sunk-cost fallacy. Scrap the project, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins