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Rafael Behr

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19 hours ago

Trump is angry with a world that won't give him easy deals | Rafael Behr

In the Middle East as in Ukraine, the president is discovering that simple bullying tricks don’t resolve complex international crises

It was as close as Donald Trump might get to a lucid statement of …

7 days ago

G7 leaders are paralysed by their fear of upsetting Donald Trump | Rafael Behr

Tyranny is contagious – and western governments’ reluctance to name the threat is helping it spread

There is no founding charter or admissions process to the self-selecting group of “leading” economic…

21 days ago

The spirit of Liz Truss, ridiculous but relentless, stalks British politics | Rafael Behr

Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch have much more in common with the failed Tory leader than either cares to admit

We need to talk about Liz Truss, although there are reasons not to bother. The prime mini…

36 days ago

In the never-ending Brexit Wars saga, reality is finally fighting back | Rafael Behr

Voters can see that, in the world of Trump and Putin, Britain’s future is European. Westminster is playing catch-up

Like a Hollywood studio churning out the umpteenth sequel in a stale franchise, West…

42 days ago

Keir Starmer is caught in yet another trap of his own making | Rafael Behr

The prime minister’s immigration approach follows a now-familiar pattern: letting fear of a difficult argument get in the way of policy that might work

Keir Starmer is embattled but not threatened. It…

44 days ago

Welcome to the era of ‘hostage politics’, where Labour is apparently your only hope | Nesrine Malik

First it was the Conservatives and now Reform. The only thing the government has to offer is that it’s the least worst option

It is less than a year into this Labour government and we are already in a…

47 days ago

Keir Starmer can’t build a stronger European partnership by stealth. He has to declare it aloud | Rafael Behr

Britain has ‘reset’ relations with the EU, but with Farage ascendant again, our politics must be cured of the Brexit virus

Not much about Britain’s post-Brexit relationship with the European Union is …

56 days ago

The Tories have shown Labour exactly how not to fight Farage | Rafael Behr

As local elections loom, it’s clear that years of agreeing with the Reform leader have failed to discourage people from voting for him

In the playbook of election strategies, there are two canonical c…

63 days ago

Nigel Farage thinks net zero is the new Brexit. Starmer can prove him wrong | Rafael Behr

Labour must deliver the green transition voters want, leaving Reform and the Tories on the side of economic decline and dictators

Which former British prime minister described the climate emergency as…

70 days ago

In Trumpland, ‘defending free speech’ means one thing: submission to the president | Rafael Behr

By claiming that any regulation is censorship, the White House is bullying Britain to abandon online safety laws and digital taxes

Compared with many countries around the world, the US is still a grea…

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