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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

October 2024

  • The Diego Garcia airbase, a joint UK-US military facility on the Chagos Islands.

    Britain needs to abandon its delusions of empire – giving up the Chagos Islands is a good start

    Simon Jenkins
  • Robert Jenrick takes part in leadership hustings at the Conservative conference in Birmingham, 29 September 2024.

    Former PMs have a wealth of experience. Why not put some on the Tory leadership ballot?

    Simon Jenkins

September 2024

  • A mural by graffiti artist Eme Freethinker depicting German chancellor Olaf Scholz after the country legalised recreational cannabis use on 3 April, 2024.

    Britain’s prehistoric attitude to drugs isn’t working. Why not learn from Texas?

    Simon Jenkins
  • A woman working from home in her kitchen and smiling.

    Working from home is the great social experiment of our age – it’s too soon for the state to wade in

    Simon Jenkins
  • Sue Gray

    Sue Gray’s salary isn’t the problem – it’s the backstage power struggle Starmer cannot afford

    Simon Jenkins
  • Keir Starmer with David Lammy standing behind him. Starmer is talking and they are surrounded by a crowd of journalists holding microphones and cameras.

    Keir Starmer’s missile bravado could jeopardise Nato’s careful balancing act in Ukraine

    Simon Jenkins

  • Bankrupt and ravaged by student mental illness, Britain’s universities are badly in need of reform

    Simon Jenkins

  • This winter fuel fiasco will save Labour £1.3bn this year. But it will cost Starmer more

    Simon Jenkins

  • Want justice for the victims of Grenfell? It’s now clearer than ever that public inquiries are not the answer

    Simon Jenkins

  • What Blair can teach Starmer: pick your battles early, and surround yourself with experts

    Simon Jenkins

July 2024

  • BCC Global Annual Conference 2024<br>Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch during the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) Global Annual Conference 2024 at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London. The event is a key event for business leaders from across the UK and the globe to come together to discuss the BCC's Election Manifesto, 'The Future of the Economy'.&nbsp;Picture date: Thursday June 27, 2024. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Lucy North/PA Wire

    Kemi Badenoch wants to drag the Tories further right. That is a huge mistake

    Simon Jenkins
  • PMQs at the House of Commons in London<br>Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during Prime Minister's Questions at the House of Commons in London, Britain, July 24, 2024. UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. IMAGE MUST NOT BE ALTERED.

    Keir Starmer, please – scrap the distasteful weekly brawl that is PMQs

    Simon Jenkins
  • ‘Harris’s urgent task is to weld a shattered Democratic party into a fighting machine.’

    Kamala Harris is no dominating leader – and that may be her biggest strength

    Simon Jenkins
  • British prime minister David Cameron, wearing a hard hat and hi-vis vest in March 2015.

    David Cameron failed to foist new houses on rural areas. Why does Keir Starmer think he’ll succeed?

    Simon Jenkins

  • It’s worrying to see the prime minister cheerleading for war. Will Ukraine turn into Starmer’s Iraq?

    Simon Jenkins

  • He’s beaten and humiliated, but Rishi Sunak has one final job to do – for party and country

    Simon Jenkins

  • Labour to win, Tories to lose: but why can’t Britain have radical MPs free to speak their minds?

    Simon Jenkins

June 2024

  • eton college playing fields

    Message to Labour: don’t tax school fees. Make private schools work for the public good

    Simon Jenkins
    Finding a balance between privatisation and nationalisation has defied past governments – the party must make this its mission, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
  • Nigel Farage appears on the BBC’s Panorama.

    Farage’s Ukraine comments were hardly offensive – other party leaders could use a history lesson

    Simon Jenkins
    Yes, the Reform leader’s words were opportunistic. But at their root is a call for peace – and that should be on everyone’s minds, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
  • line of electricity pylons in countryside

    Come 5 July, an almighty fight looms. Keir Starmer, take on the countryside at your peril

    Simon Jenkins
    Britain’s landscape is under threat. But I have a solution – if the next PM will listen, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
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