Simon Jenkins
Simon Jenkins is a journalist and author. He writes for the Guardian as well as broadcasting for the BBC. He has edited the Times and the London Evening Standard and chaired the National Trust. His recent books include England's Hundred Best Views, and Mission Accomplished? The Crisis of International Intervention
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Yes, Donald Trump is a monster. But his agenda isn’t all badInsults won’t damage him – they shore up his image as a brave outsider attempting a new form of government -
The banana republic of Surrey has shown local council funding is brokenIf Surrey’s ‘secret deal’ is to be a harbinger of a new health and care service then the whole murky world of local government funding needs rethinking -
People who’ve fallen through the net won’t get a home from Sajid JavidThe secretary of state for community’s plan is ill-conceived. Public money should switch to social housing – to need, and not demand
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Three cheers for the Theresa May doctrineThe PM’s foreign policy speech in the US is an outbreak of common sense. But she and Donald Trump must also articulate a coherent alternative to belligerence
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Post-truth politics will be debunked by online factsDonald Trump’s lies are part of a long tradition of political mendacity that holds far fewer fears in the age of digital media
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Banks are moving workers, inflation is up. Project Fear is coming trueThis week two big banks, HSBC and UBS, honoured their threats about moving jobs from the UK. The grim reality is ‘hard’ Brexit will be tough for many of us
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This is Brexit poker - and Theresa May was right to up the stakesIt was strategically sensible to begin the skirmishes in uncompromising mood. The inevitable compromises will come later
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The hacking is 21st-century, but US-Russia relations are stuck in the pastWhile Moscow’s cyberwar capacity is cutting-edge, the flurry of expulsions and misguided sanctions simply rehash the mistakes of the cold war
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Is a second referendum a bad idea? Not if we ask the right questionAny attempt to invalidate the first Brexit vote would be wrong. But that does not mean there is no need to further consult British public opinion
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Hammond knows Britain’s regional imbalance is risky. Why didn’t he fix it?In the 2016 autumn statement the cities of the north have lost out, and all the spoils have gone to London and the south-east – again
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I’m glad cryonics is legal – we should all have rights over our bodiesA judge granted a dying teenager’s wish to be frozen in the hope she might live again. This decision was about the rights of all of us
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Rebuilding Nimrud will help atone for the sins of the westThe tragedy in Iraq results from our imposition of western values. It is our duty to make amends
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Nissan got a sweetheart deal. Under hard Brexit, everyone will want oneBritain has to trade openly with Europe, and vice versa. A soft Brexit is the only way to do that, and avoid a race to the bottom
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The lesson from tiny Wallonia – there is a way to prevent hard BrexitThe Belgian region forced a giant EU scheme to unravel. Given the chance, Wales and Scotland could do the same
First thoughts On Brexit, Tony Blair should get real – and butt out