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Napoleon and The Crown are travesties: there is no ‘artistic licence’ to distort history

In a sick world, it is dangerous for film-makers to fabricate and embellish in the name of entertainment, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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‘Royally lost the plot’: how The Crown went from prestige drama to TV disaster

It was once a stately piece of landmark TV, but seven years on it’s a trashy, unwittingly comical melodrama that borders on the exploitative. How did things get so bad?

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Every week brings a fresh HS2 scandal. It’s time to shut it down – all of it

In an astonishing white paper, Rishi Sunak rips into the project he once lavishly funded. But he doesn’t go far enough, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Why boosting quality of life is the best medicine

Letters: Readers respond to the call from England’s chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, for doctors to prioritise quality of life over quantity of life

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When the solution to your problem is David Cameron, you know you’re in deep trouble

The former PM is back in the cabinet after Suella Braverman’s sacking. It goes to show how few options Rishi Sunak has left, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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News coverage of war affects us all, but is switching off the right response?

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Simon Jenkins on the impact of the atrocities constantly being portrayed in the media

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The real reason Sunak and Braverman have criticised Mark Rowley? To boost their profiles

In their different ways, the prime minister and the home secretary clearly just wanted to be seen to be acting tough, says the Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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We cannot turn away from suffering, but I can no longer watch the news coverage from Israel and Gaza

Right now we have tabloid television, not broadcast news, offering a ghoulish voyeurism and simplified spectacle, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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The Covid inquiry must look at facts as well as guilt

Letters: David Hughes hopes the inquiry will correct the lurch towards a presidential style of government. Plus letters from Peter Slessenger, Michael Lavin, June Findlater and Susan Mahoney

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This pantomime in Paddington is no way to right the wrongs of the Covid pandemic

The search for blame rather than truth at the inquiry is fuelling a theatre of humiliation, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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There is a route out of this Israel-Gaza hell – an intermediary will be crucial to plot it out

No one should be squeamish about a state such as Qatar acting as a broker and bringing Hamas to the table, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Public inquiries are a vital vehicle in quests for the truth

Letter: Ben Harrison responds to Simon Jenkins’s suggestion that public inquiries benefit the legal profession but serve little other purpose

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Subpostmasters betrayed, contaminated blood victims forgotten: why is Britain so bad at righting wrongs?

Interminable public inquiries won’t give the victims of medical scandals and miscarriages of justice their lives back , says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Rishi Sunak is fuelled by Fomo – so he postures in the Middle East like a latter-day Tony Blair

The tragedy unfolding in Israel and Gaza demands serious humanitarian action, not this pointless showing off, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Labour’s new towns: an environmental disaster?

Letters: David J Black and Catherine Francis decry Keir Starmer’s housing plans, while Michael Kenny outlines the positives. Plus letters from Michael Hurdle and Steve Hoselitz

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Why the collapse of Britain’s prison system is good news

Our jails are academies of crime and dens of violence. A less punitive approach could help, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Labour’s supposedly bold ‘new towns’ idea has been tried before. And it failed

These vast sums should be spent improving our ‘second-tier’ cities – not on costly, carbon-guzzling developments in the rural south, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Labour’s plan for ‘the builders not the blockers’ is a capitulation to developers

Of course Britain needs renewable energy infrastructure and more houses. But Rachel Reeves has laid out a ruinous path, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Rishi Sunak’s new A-level exam is the HS2 of educational reform: it’ll never happen

The rotten system is crying out for a bipartisan inquiry, not a last-minute fudge like the ‘Advanced British Standard’, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Our panel’s verdict on Rishi Sunak’s speech to the Tory party conference

The prime minister has presented himself as the change candidate – will the British public buy it?

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Kemi Badenoch as next Tory leader? That would not be such a bad thing for the party

The trade minister is showing herself to be tactical rather than strident, and pragmatic on issues such as the climate crisis, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Spare these London flats the wrecking ball. But no more eyesore tower blocks please

High-rise blocks should not be the future, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Even HS2’s defenders are abandoning it. Rishi Sunak, it’s time to follow suit

Only political expediency has kept this terrible mistake on the rails. Pull the brakes – and save Britain billions, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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When it comes to Britain’s relations with France, at least King Charles gets it

Royalty is not elected to delve into political matters, but Charles’s visit to France suggests a friendship we urgently need, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Keir Starmer wants to rewrite the Brexit deal? Good – and he shouldn’t hold back

The Labour leader wants a ‘closer’ trading relationship with the EU. I recommend a return to the customs union, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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