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Merry Christmas, Keir Starmer: despite everything, you’re still the best man for the job

Rumours of the prime minister’s demise are premature. Yes, the polls look bad – but these days they reflect little more than voters’ passing whims, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Trans rights should be a private affair. A toxic debate does no one any favours

The courts are a clumsy means to negotiate social relationships. Let organisations make up their own minds about inclusion, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Labour wants to ramp up facial recognition. What if our data ends up in the wrong hands?

We know from recent hacks, and even the Snowden revelations, how vulnerable information gathered is to theft and misuse, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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What juries can do that professional judges can’t

Letters: Jurors bring a humane, rounded perspective to the system, says Simeon Wallis. Plus letters from Diana Good and Francis FitzGibbon KC

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David Lammy is right to slash the use of juries – it’s an open-and-shut case

Barristers and criminals may not like the idea, but it’s key to reforming the antiquated and overloaded justice system, says the Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Peers are just doing their job in scrutinising the assisted dying bill

Letters: Dr Lucy Thomas and Penelope Jenkins support the House of Lords’ examination of the bill, but Margaret Pelling says they seem to be blocking the legislation, not scrutinising it

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Unelected Lords are blocking assisted dying – this is a democratic outrage

Second chambers are a good idea, but they should not be able to overturn clear decisions reached by an elected body, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Homelessness is increasingly hard to ignore – unless you are the Labour party

The government is focused on building new homes for floating voters, while landlordism is discouraged and homes stand empty, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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There’s more to maths than arithmetic

Letters: Kayleigh Ward and Richard Monteith take issue with the idea that calculators have rendered a proper education in maths unnecessary

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My verdict on the ‘woke’ review of England’s school curriculum? It isn’t radical enough

When I heard it was dumbing down education, my heart sank. In fact, it’s outspoken about the chaos of Michael Gove’s reforms and the changes needed, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Britain would do well to remember where its power over China lies

It’s ridiculous for the government to splurge on defence while it slashes spending on its most valuable asset: culture, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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In Gaza, and now Ukraine, Donald Trump may be peace activists’ greatest ally. That deserves our backing

It’s a fool’s game trying to understand the president’s true motives, but do our misgivings matter if the outcome is a speedy end to war, asks Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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The latest Prince Andrew abuse claims are a new low for the Royal Family brand. In this form, it can’t survive

‘The Firm’ as a modernising strategy was already falling apart, but with the shocking allegations so fully in the public domain, it has now collapsed, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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We all know Brexit’s to blame for the crisis facing UK steel – it’s time for politicians to be honest and reverse it

With British industry faltering, the excuse that the public wants this is risible. Parliament must force Starmer to act, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Why does Reform seem unassailable? Because this is party conference season, when politicos always lose the plot

They wrote off Margaret Thatcher in 1981 when the SDP – like Reform today – was ascendant. They were wrong about her; they could also be about Starmer, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Trump’s visit revealed a stark truth: Britain feels more than ever like a country stuck in the past

The pageantry highlighted the fact that we have no vision for our future, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Best books about London: Tales that capture the essence of the world's best city

From the satirical to the sublime, these books are simply, quintessentially, London

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Starmer fancies himself a leader among leaders – but his tough talk on defence is just expensive bluster

With the world in crisis, the PM is spending billions to back his posturing. But he has no clout over Gaza or Ukraine, and it’s time he acted accordingly, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Trump’s ‘Gaza Riviera’ plan is an obscenity. Can we really trust Tony Blair to have told him so?

The former PM’s leaked visit to the White House is concerning. This scheme is an outrage that no other Arab – or western – state could back, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Here’s what a modern UK monarchy could look like

Letters: Ian Graham lays out a comprehensive plan for the royals and their residences. Plus letters from Christopher Lucas and Tony Orchard

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Have British universities lost their wider purpose?

Letters: Adrian Warner on how higher education has changed, in response to an article by Simon Jenkins. Plus letters from Jude Anderson, Dr Nick Williams and Jean Austin

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As William moves to Forest Lodge, an era of pushbike royals beckons. Will that save the monarchy?

By eschewing living in Buckingham Palace and suggesting ‘the firm’ be heavily scaled back, the prince has a survival plan that might work, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Enjoy the magic of university life

Brief letters: The purpose of higher education | Totalitarian regimes | Thieving gulls | Digital beer tokens?

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As thousands more teenagers scramble for university places, I have to ask – why?

Student debt increasing, graduate salaries dropping, high-skilled jobs thin on the ground – higher education in the UK is a mess, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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If mansion owners paid a fair council tax, local authorities wouldn’t be in such a mess

Angela Rayner’s proposed reforms are ill-conceived and fail to address the system’s inherent unfairness, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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