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Britain’s security depends on more than soft power

Letters: Readers respond to a piece in which Simon Jenkins argues that engagement with Russia is the best defence against conflict

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Note to Starmer and the other sabre-rattlers. Why spend billions on weapons – soft power would keep us safe

With hawks on one side and doves on the other, we ignore the obvious fact that engagement is the best defence against conflict, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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How bad is the HS2 fiasco now? So bad it’s time to listen to Nigel Farage

Labour now says the botched high-speed rail project will be further delayed. Why not just scrap it, as the Reform leader suggests? asks Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Labour had the chance to finally kill off HS2. Instead, it’s throwing more money into the pit

Rachel Reeves didn’t utter a word about this disaster in her spending review. Yet there’s a colossal £25bn more earmarked for it, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Sadiq Khan is right: Britain must decriminalise cannabis – or remain in the dark ages

Criminalising drugs ruins lives and wastes police resources. Many other countries have realised this – so when will UK politicians, asks Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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From the day Britain left the EU, this reset was inevitable. What a pointless waste of time, money and effort

Keir Starmer is not blameless when it comes to Brexit, but he is moving in the right direction. Even the Tories attacking him know that, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Move civil servants out of London: fine. But that won’t curb Whitehall’s grip on Britain

It matters less where civil servants work than who they work for – and that is one of the most centralised governments of any western democracy, says Simon Jenkins

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Putting up a defence for jury trials in Britain

Letters: Bob Marshall-Andrews, Francis FitzGibbon and another reader respond to an article by Simon Jenkins on ditching trial by jury

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Will Nigel Farage and Reform UK kill off the Tories? Don’t be so ridiculous

History proves byelections to be futile polls on leaders. If I were Farage, I would apply for the Tory whip and capture the party from within, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Here’s a radical way to save England’s collapsing justice system: get rid of juries

We’re saddled with an archaic system. As record numbers of trials stall and costs soar, it’s time for us to ditch this relic, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Social and economic benefits of youth centres

Letters: They do much more than cut youth crime and violence, says Bernard Davies, while Tom Wylie says there should be a government strategy for youth w

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Youth centres may seem tame fare for politicians. But I’ve seen firsthand how they cut crime

By steering Britain’s young people down a positive path, these centres answer a chronic need. Why doesn’t the government protect them, asks Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Lowering the voting age will benefit democracy

Letters: It makes no sense to deny the vote to 16- and 17-year-olds, writes Robin Prior, while Liz Moorse advocates for a statutory citizenship curriculum. Plus a letter from Chris Rennard

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Votes for 16-year-olds? Sorry, but I’m not convinced

If Starmer is serious about bringing young people into his ‘social contract’, then protecting them from the tech giants must be his priority, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Trump’s tariffs are ruinous, but are western sanctions any better? Just look at Syria

Sanctions as a form of economic aggression are macho and myopic, yet countries including the UK refuse to call a halt, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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The tariffs are bad, but Britain should remember this: Trump will be gone in four years

The UK is among those least hit by the US president’s war on the world economy. Retaliation at this point makes no sense, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Moving fast and breaking things is no way to govern a country

Letters: Readers agree with Simon Jenkins’ view that the US is ‘moving fast and breaking things’ – but do not see any positive outcome

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Donald Trump is moving fast and breaking things, but that may result in a better US

The chance of the president succeeding in his radicalism is small, but amid the chaos are challenges to convention that were overdue, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Scrapping GCSE maths doesn’t add up

Letters: GCSE maths is vital, but changes are needed in the way it is taught, argues Jill Duffy. Plus, a reader shares painful memories of their exams

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GCSEs harm our young people. Ministers should have the guts to abolish them – and start again

A report out this week highlights how destructive the cult of the exam is in Britain’s schools. But it doesn’t go far enough, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Keir Starmer is having his chainsaw moment – but all he will slash is democracy

The PM sounds like Elon Musk when promising to fight the ‘blockers’, but his government’s plans will weaken the link between peoples and politics, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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When the horror stops, the key to peace in Gaza and Ukraine will be how power is shared

Constitution-building offers no headlines – but what it can do, history tells us, is stop countless people dying, writes Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Putin is not Hitler. His actions in Ukraine are horrific enough to need no exaggeration

Keir Starmer has said we face the greatest threat to our national security since the cold war. Such hyperbole helps nobody, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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No matter how distasteful we find Trump and Vance over Europe, they speak a blunt truth

The US has chosen the worst possible moment and the worst possible way to say it, but it is right to call for a realignment, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Claims about the Church of England’s demise are exaggerated

Letters: Rev Stephen Gardner and Paul R Baines respond to an article by Simon Jenkins

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