dˈʊɹɹɪŋ hɪz tˈɛnjɚɹ æt ðə ɡˈɑːɹdiən dʒˈɛŋkɪnz bɪkˈeɪm, ɐkˈoːɹdɪŋ tə ðə tˈaɪmz, ðə "lˈiːdɪŋ kɹˈɑːnɪklɚɹ ʌvðə lˈeɪbɚ ɡˈʌvɚnmənts ʌvðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti z ænd nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti z, nˈoʊɾəbli ʌv ðɛɹ ˌɪntɚnˈɛsiːn wˈɔːɹfɛɹ".
During his tenure at The Guardian Jenkins became, according to The Times, the "leading chronicler of the Labour governments of the 1960s and 1970s, notably of their internecine warfare".