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MYSTERIOUS: 4 - What They Never Told You

Keir Starmer won power without a purpose. Now he risks squandering it

Loyalists worry that the PM displays little of the engagement and dynamism required. Five years on, neither they nor voters really know him or his plan, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2025

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

US betrayal of Ukraine is the rehearsal for a grander bargain with Moscow and an assault on continental solidarity, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2025

In a frightening new era, Starmer has made his move – and may have found his calling

Diverting money from aid to the military is a grim expedient in a crisis that will surely define this prime minister’s legacy, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2025

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

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, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2025

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

Democracy’s traditional defence against fascism doesn’t work against the new far-right hybrid coded in Silicon Valley, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2025

Starmer’s EU reset risks being dragged down by the Brexit undertow

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

The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2025

In this government’s hands, big ideas always end up looking small. Just ask Ed Miliband

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, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2025

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

Difficult choices between alignment with Europe and the US are coming at the prime minister fast. He risks losing control of the debate, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2025

Keir Starmer is right to gamble on an AI revolution, but it might not pay out in time

The cash to match the prime minister’s ambition will have to come from other budgets long before any benefits are seen, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK · Jan 15, 2025

Kemi Badenoch was supposed to make the Tories serious again. She has failed

By jumping on Elon Musk’s passing bandwagon and echoing the far right, the Conservative leader has shown she doesn’t understand her responsibilities, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK · Jan 8, 2025

What does the China ‘spy’ row show? That Starmer can’t just muddle through on foreign policy

The PM’s attitude to China exposes the void where there should be a strategic concept of Britain’s place in the world, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2024

After months of dysfunction and miscommunication, is the Starmer method finally working?

The prime minister won’t learn charisma, but he has a record of going places by doggedly clearing the obstacles in his way, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2024

MPs will vote, but there is a better way to decide who has the right to die

In an age of cynicism and mistrust, politicians must work harder to involve the public in difficult decisions, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2024

A fairer system would make paying taxes more palatable

Letters: Most reasonable people can see that taxes are necessary to fund public services, says John Harradence. Plus letters from Tom Kelly and Ian Arnott

The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2024

Labour wants tax rises to fall on the ‘broadest shoulders’. The farmers furore shows why that’s so hard to achieve

In place of precision-targeted revenue raids, Reeves needs to win a bigger argument about the reason we have taxes, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2024

Trump’s victory has fractured the western order – leaving Brexit Britain badly exposed

To navigate the dangerous new era, Keir Starmer must end the culture of denial around the biggest strategic mistake of modern times, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2024

The extreme politics that drove Donald Trump to a decisive victory

Letters: Readers respond to Rafael Behr’s article on the rise of far-right and nationalist politics

The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2024

Left, right, Harris, Trump: all prisoners of political nostalgia in an era few understand

The digital age has turbo-boosted extremism, and analogue democracy is struggling to keep up, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2024

Britain suffered 14 years of Tory small-state delusion. Labour’s budget will turn the page on that

While the Tories harp on about the ECHR or the ‘woke bureaucracy’, Rachel Reeves will get serious about public investment, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2024

Starmer is stuck in a British bubble, but it will soon be burst by a turbulent world

The PM’s time in office will be defined by how he responds to global economic challenges and political instability, not least in the US, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2024

Is the Sue Gray debacle another Hartlepool moment for Keir Starmer? Let’s hope so

Labour’s defeat in the 2021 byelection nearly prompted its leader to quit. Instead, he learned lessons – just as he must now, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2024

Badenoch, Cleverly, Jenrick, Tugendhat: four ways for the Tories to reach the same wilderness

Each behaves as if they are vying to be PM when the reality is years in opposition, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2024

Why did Starmer cut the winter fuel allowance? It’s called Treasury brain – and that spells trouble

It has struck again, the notorious syndrome that causes Chancellors to identify cost savings that look ingenious on a spreadsheet but turn out stupid in the real world, says Guardian column Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2024

EU leaders may envy Starmer’s stable majority – Brexit’s part in it less so

Britain has already had its populist reckoning, in 2016. European states can take few lessons from our current calm, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK · Aug 27, 2024

The bedraggled Tories are useful foes, but Keir Starmer’s real enemy now is time

The public know there are no quick fixes to Britain’s problems, but without tangible change, patience will run out quickly, says the Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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