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@Velocio
It depends on the junction, the level of risk (to everyone else as well as me), the circumstances leading up to the junction, etc.
There are a few junctions I will always jump. These are death traps to not jump, where you get caught on the inside of trucks and buses, or where you get caught facing oncoming traffic if you've gone around.
There are some I think are optional, it depends on traffic, pedestrians.
And some I will never jump as that is the more stupid thing to do (Hyde Park corner contra-flow is a good example... fast merging uphill into traffic that crosses your path).
I think each instance should be considered on it's own rather than generalised and clumped together. Most drivers I've spoken to agree that jumping lights is justified in some places, it's when it's every light, regardless of risk and endangering others that we start acquiring the bad reputation.