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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

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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

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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

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‘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

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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

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Britain’s defence spending plans need greater scrutiny

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Simon Jenkins that said sacrificing domestic projects is indefensible

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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

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‘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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Politics has tossed friendship out of the window – as Keir Starmer is realising

Britain’s embattled PM is beset by enemies. One reason is that Westminster has ceased to be a club and turned into a shambles, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Potholes – that’s what voters care about. But you wouldn’t know it from the local elections coverage

As I bounced dangerously around a Sussex road, I was reminded of the parlous state of our highways – and the serious neglect of local issues, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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If I could vote in next week’s Senedd election, I’d choose Plaid Cymru. Here’s why

Wales could be richer than any other area of the UK. I just wish Plaid’s leader would be more confident about independence, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Ousting Starmer over Mandelson would be madness – yet it’s open season in Westminster

Defenestration has become the modus operandi in politics, instead of MPs working through the real issues of the day, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Sanctions don’t result in regime change. Whether against Iran or Russia, western countries need shrewder tactics

Dissent cannot take hold in soil rendered barren by emigration and embargo. Political opposition needs academic and cultural exchange if it is to prosper, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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These enormous wind turbine projects would damage Wales – and all to supply the rest of the UK with energy

Labour’s deals with private companies will ride roughshod over a wilderness so remote there are no people to defend it, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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The world can’t wait for Donald Trump to leave office

Letters: Mary Evans, Aidan Walker and Ruth Baker on Simon Jenkins’ suggestion for how to deal with the US president Phoebe Merrick and John Spencer on religion and war, Rev Canon John Longuet-Higgins on Trump’s expletive-laden threat to Iran, and Diana Francis on US bases in Britain

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To a world at a loss as to how to handle Trump, I say this: the only answer may be to wait him out

A great effort will be needed to undo the damage once the US president has gone. But with the constitution unable to bring him to order now, that is what we must do, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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This is a key moment in the war on Iran – and Starmer must resist the UK being dragged into it any further

This is not Britain’s war, it’s Trump’s and Netanyahu’s. The prime minister should be wary of becoming ensnared like Blair was with Iraq, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Why the king’s visit to US must not go ahead

Letters: Readers respond to Simon Jenkins’ article that supported King Charles’s planned trip to America in April

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