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2 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…

9 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…

16 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…

23 days ago

Britain cannot afford to gamble on America returning to its senses. We must urgently look elsewhere | Rafael Behr

Ministers are insisting that Trump’s regime can still be a friend. It’s a delusion and a lie

Whatever Britain’s relationship with the US under Donald Trump might be, it should not be called an allian…

51 days ago

A Trump-Putin pact is emerging – and Europe is its target | Rafael Behr

US betrayal of Ukraine is the rehearsal for a grander bargain with Moscow and an assault on continental solidarity

A prime time current affairs programme; a discussion about Donald Trump’s handling of…

72 days ago

Afflicted with liberal angst in the age of Trump? Take a leaf from Bridget Jones’s diary | Rafael Behr

The new movie wasn’t conceived as an allegory of the current international crisis, but for a generation of fans it works on that level

When future generations study creative works that capture the un…

79 days ago

In the Musk revolution, lessons from the 20th century will be deleted | Rafael Behr

Democracy’s traditional defence against fascism doesn’t work against the new far-right hybrid coded in Silicon Valley

History isn’t winning the argument. Across Europe and the US, defenders of democra…

86 days ago

Starmer’s EU reset risks being dragged down by the old Brexit undertow | Rafael Behr

With Trump back in the White House, politicians on both sides of the Channel need to acknowledge the urgency of closer ties

Five years since leaving the European Union, Britain is still negotiating Br…

3 months ago

In this government's hands, big ideas always end up looking small. Just ask Ed Miliband | Rafael Behr

Labour is constantly torn between its self-image as a party of radical change and its fear of alienating voters with the wrong kind of radicalism

When Keir Starmer became Labour leader he was unpracti…

In the Trump vortex, Keir Starmer must fight hard and fast to define Britain’s destiny | Rafael Behr

Difficult choices between alignment with Europe and the US are coming at the prime minister fast. He risks losing control of the debate

When all eyes at Westminster are fixed on Washington, it is easy…

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