Simon Jenkins
Simon Jenkins: What I’ve learned from getting back on my bike
Boris bikes have transformed London cycling but the Mayor’s plan for two superhighways may go too far
Simon Jenkins: If the Scots can get tax-raising powers so should
The No campaign has pressed the panic button and raised a new issue with great relevance to the capital
Simon Jenkins: London can’t cope with Boris’s craze for a Grand
The Mayor’s driving ambition now stretches to hosting a full-scale Formula 1 race that would paralyse the capital
Simon Jenkins: London’s housing ‘crisis’ is not about the cost
Lack of supply and the insatiable demand for living space in a popular city are the real problems
Simon Jenkins: Tread carefully, Mr Gove, with your ‘dawn raids’
The Birmingham faith schools furore, with its impact on liberal values, has great resonance here in London
Simon Jenkins: Towers blight London — just let us live low-rise
As last night’s debate showed, the capital faces ruin by skyscrapers. There is a better way to house our people
Simon Jenkins: London’s gardens are glorious far beyond Chelsea
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show marks the beginning of summer — and all the capital’s gardens are blooming
Simon Jenkins: The rich are still having it far too easy in London
Compared to cities such as New York, attempts to get acceptable levels of tax from the wealthy are feeble
Simon Jenkins: Now Boris Johnson needs a plan to keep the Tube moving
The latest strike may have been suspended but the Mayor’s record in handling the Underground is dire
Defacing a park is not the way to honour war dead
The memorial to Bomber Command to be opened by the Queen in Green Park next week is a mistake
On balance, Boris deserves to stay in office — just
Boris has yet to prove his dynamism but Ken’s retro politics would prove disastrous for London’s economy
