#rafaelbehr — Public Fediverse posts
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European democracies are on the brink of the abyss
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/09/far-right-europe-afd-germany-nigel-farage?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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European democracies are running out of time to turn away from the abyss | Rafael Behr
By Rafael BehrFar-right parties, Maga ideology and Kremlin money are conniving to suffocate liberal idealism for another generation
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/09/far-right-europe-afd-germany-nigel-farage
#Thefarright #AlternativefrDeutschlandAfD #Germany #NigelFarage #ReformUK #MarineLePen #NationalRally #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk #RupertLowe #Politics #France #Europe #UKnews #Worldnews #TheGuardian #RafaelBehr
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Burnham’s ambitious plans need room to breathe – and Westminster suffocates change | Rafael Behr
By Rafael BehrA summer on the road suited the prime minister’s open style, but now the walls of conventional politics are closing in
#AndyBurnham #Politics #UKnews #Labour #Conservatives #TheGuardian #RafaelBehr
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With no friends left to burn, Trump is running out of diplomatic ammunition | Rafael Behr
By Rafael BehrEveryone can see that the Iran war has been a strategic disaster for the US, while a failing president pretends he is winning
#DonaldTrump #Iran #USIsraelwaronIran #USforeignpolicy #Worldnews #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Canada #MarkCarney #USpolitics #TheGuardian #RafaelBehr
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Nigel Farage looks trapped and rattled - now the nationalist tide can be turned | Rafael Behr
By Rafael BehrThere are more votes in tolerance and decency than in toxic division. It doesn’t take a great leap of political courage to fight back against Reform
#NigelFarage #Politics #UKnews #ClactonbyelectionAugust2026 #Byelections #Labour #Conservatives #ReformUK #Immigrationandasylum #Localpolitics #TheGuardian #RafaelBehr
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Democracy is at stake when foolish humans bet on machines being intelligent | Rafael Behr
By Rafael BehrWe need an enlightened US president to make the case for global AI regulation. Donald Trump is the exact opposite of what is needed
#AIartificialintelligence #OpenAI #Anthropic #DonaldTrump #China #Computing #Technology #USnews #AsiaPacific #Worldnews #TheGuardian #RafaelBehr
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Suddenly the British right feels a political chill. It’s getting cold in Andy Burnham’s shadow | Rafael Behr
By Rafael BehrThe Tories and Reform had it easy when Keir Starmer was self-destructing – but a new PM with ideas exposes how vacant the opposition has become
#AndyBurnham #Politics #UKnews #KemiBadenoch #NigelFarage #Labour #Conservatives #ReformUK #DonaldTrump #Trumpadministration #TheGuardian #RafaelBehr
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Andy Burnham is playing the long game in an age of short attention spans | Rafael Behr
By Rafael BehrIt is hard to make the case for a 10-year plan in our political culture of constant campaigning frenzy – but the new PM will try
#AndyBurnham #Politics #UKnews #Labour #TheGuardian #RafaelBehr
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Andy Burnham is about to have a crash course in hardcore geopolitics
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/01/andy-burnham-crash-course-hardcore-geopolitics-foreign-policy?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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CW: UK politics: Rafael Behr on Andy Burnham
Among UK politics commentators, Rafael Behr is one of the few worth listening to. I have never quite warmed to him, and more often than not I disagree with him, but his perceptive analyses always help me think.
Here Behr looks at Andy Burnham and what his emergence tells us about the Labour Party's position in the changing UK political landscape.
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CW: UKpol: Rafael Behr on Keir Starmer's mis-direction
"Mandelson's ease in the milieu of sleazy plutocracy, his fluency in elite codes of geopolitical clientelism – these were his courtier’s calling cards. The traits that should have disqualified him from the job were mistaken by Starmer for credentials."
The always-insightful Rafael Behr on Keir Starmer's use of Peter Mandelson.
#KeirStarmer #PeterMandelson #OllyRobbins #Labour #UKpol #RafaelBehr
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Keir Starmer is the bandage that Labour can’t rip off
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/11/keir-starmer-bandage-labour-fear-opening-old-wounds?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Labour and the Tories are banking on a return to the ‘old normal’
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/14/labour-tories-old-normal-voters?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Trump is a bigger threat to Ukraine than bombs
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/13/trump-swallowing-putins-lies-is-a-bigger-threat-to-ukraine-than-bombs?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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CW: UKpol: Rafael Behr on Keir Starmer
"The unchallenged leader who besieged himself."
An insightful piece by Rafael Behr on Keir Starmer, and why his policies are so unconvincing.
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Afflicted with liberal angst in the age of Trump? Take a leaf from Bridget Jones’s diary
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/19/donald-trump-bridget-jones-liberal-international-crisis?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Mad, bad and dangerous to know: we are witnessing the Tories’ final descent into absurdity
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/04/tories-final-descent-absurdity-manchester-conference?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Sunak says he is making decisions for the long term, but that’s his vanity talking. He’s failing and he knows it
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/28/rishi-sunak-success-failure-general-election?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Getting a better Brexit deal means making Britain European again
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/20/brexit-deal-britain-europe-boris-johnson-eurosceptic?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Keir Starmer’s caution may be frustrating, but it’s right. Voters no longer trust big promises
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/13/keir-starmer-voters-labour-leader-opposition?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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The Tory mission has failed: British people don’t want a smaller state
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/06/tory-small-state-mission-has-failed-british-conservatives?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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The Tories are suffering from Dorries syndrome: paranoia steeped in denial
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/30/tories-nadine-dorries-paranoia-denial-conspiracy-theory?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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The Tories have become too pungent for a country that likes its politics plain
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/23/tories-too-pungent-politics-labour-blandness?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Britain is trapped in political purgatory – waiting for its undead government to fall
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/09/britain-conservatives-government-bibby-stockholm?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Rishi Sunak’s only hope of a legacy is to govern as though he has already lost the election
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/26/rishi-sunak-hope-legacy-govern-already-lost?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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The Other Pandemic by James Ball review: QAnon as post-truth pathogen
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/19/the-other-pandemic-by-james-ball-review-qanon-as-post-truth-pathogen?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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The Ukraine war highlights the deep strategic folly of Euroscepticism
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/12/ukraine-war-euroscepticism-nato-eu-european-security-britain?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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How can British politics move forward when it’s still haunted by the 2019 election?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/05/british-politics-rishi-sunak-keir-starmer-2019-election?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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