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pmdfoster.bsky.social
Party politics aside, @KemiBadenoch has a duty to defend *British* democracy which -- as @rafaelbehr correctly observes -- she has failed to do.

Odd decision and a weak look, IMO, since proud Brits don't take kindly to being bossed by American tech bros.

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January 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
alexhh.bsky.social
Excellent by @rafaelbehr www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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May 12, 2025 at 11:17 AM
bremaininspain.com
Putin thinks democracy is the west’s weakness. We have to prove him wrong
The Russian strategy of exporting chaos to provoke extremism only works if liberals succumb to cynicism and despair.
#RafaelBehr
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Putin thinks democracy is the west’s weakness. We have to prove him wrong | Rafael Behr
The Russian strategy of exporting chaos to provoke extremism only works if liberals succumb to cynicism and despair, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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December 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
jobmaynooth.bsky.social
Brilliant column by @rafaelbehr - the AfD victory demonstrates that the unholy alliance between racist nationalism and untethered digital power is hurtling Europe back to the 1930s.

Stefan Zweig would indeed recognise the symptoms of European sickness.
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European democracies are running out of time to turn away from the abyss | Rafael Behr
Far-right parties, Maga ideology and Kremlin money are conniving to suffocate liberal idealism for another generation, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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September 9, 2026 at 6:37 AM
bremaininspain.com
Europe cannot bet on a post-Trump US turning back to sanity
If the president’s first term didn’t inoculate the American body politic against tyranny, there is no guarantee that a second dose will work.
#RafaelBehr
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Europe cannot bet on a post-Trump US turning back to sanity | Rafael Behr
If the president’s first term didn’t inoculate the American body politic against tyranny, there is no guarantee that a second dose will work, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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April 8, 2026 at 8:12 AM
nickcohen.bsky.social
"The trajectory is all too familiar. It is the path of least moral resistance, gravitating inexorably rightwards, laundering fanaticism through the mainstream Conservative brand." @rafaelbehr on the desperate Kemi Badenoch

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Kemi Badenoch was supposed to make the Tories serious again. She has failed | Rafael Behr
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
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January 8, 2025 at 9:34 AM
bremaininspain.com
Suddenly the British right feels a political chill. It’s getting cold in Andy Burnham’s shadow

The 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
#RafaelBehr

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Suddenly the British right feels a political chill. It’s getting cold in Andy Burnham’s shadow | Rafael Behr
The 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, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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July 29, 2026 at 8:09 AM
bremaininspain.com
Keir Starmer couldn’t beat the curse of Brexit – a politics poisoned by nationalism

The outgoing prime minister’s efforts to mobilise a healthier kind of patriotism fell flat. Andy Burnham may stand a better chance
#RafaelBehr #TheGuardian
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Keir Starmer couldn’t beat the curse of Brexit – a politics poisoned by nationalism | Rafael Behr
The outgoing prime minister’s efforts to mobilise a healthier kind of patriotism fell flat. Andy Burnham may stand a better chance, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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June 24, 2026 at 3:22 PM
bremaininspain.com
Andy Burnham offers Labour a refreshing new voice to reach lost voters – but with what message?
#RafaelBehr
It will take more than blokeish affability to reach across the Brexit faultline that scars British politics
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Andy Burnham offers Labour a refreshing new voice to reach lost voters – but with what message? | Rafael Behr
It will take more than blokeish affability to reach across the Brexit faultline that scars British politics, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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June 3, 2026 at 8:49 AM
nickcohen.bsky.social
"Starmer cannot cope with Trump’s lawless world"

Interview with @rafaelbehr about how the UK cannot and dare not bring itself to face the threat Trump poses to the old liberal democratic West
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Starmer cannot cope with Trump’s lawless world
A decent man lost in a time of scoundrels
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June 23, 2025 at 7:45 AM
proudleftycw.bsky.social
Fantastic. Well said "rafaelbehr". Thank you Armando.
August 27, 2025 at 10:43 AM
pcsoblahdeehell.bsky.social
3 (PS):

sth so far missing on BSky: many of the country's finest journos. So ditto, pls say if you see e.g:

soniapurnell
sarahoconnor
adambienkov
gameoldgirl
pippacrerar
arusbridger
Hardeep_Matharu
johnharris69
rafaelbehr
SangitaMyska
samcoatessky
maitlis
Lewis_Goodall
writesbright
freedland
samfr
September 30, 2023 at 10:12 PM
andymillerl78.bsky.social
MY 2024 READING YEAR (Part 1)

#ThePromise #DamonGalgut
#SoLateInTheDay #ClaireKeegan
#PoliticsASurvivor'sGuide #RafaelBehr
#Giovanni'sRoom #JamesBaldwin
#Yellowface #RebeccaKuang
#TheYears #AnnieErnaux

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MY 2024 READING YEAR (Part 1)
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February 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
nickcohen.bsky.social
Trump's victory leaves Brexit Britain "looking friendless in the post-western world. Squirming and cavilling around Britain’s biggest strategic blunder in a hundred years is not a sustainable path."
@rafaelbehr on why Starmer needs to face reality
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Trump’s victory has fractured the western order – leaving Brexit Britain badly exposed | Rafael Behr
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
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November 13, 2024 at 5:42 PM
robwilliams100.bsky.social
#RafaelBehr is spot on here www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s victory has fractured the western order – leaving Brexit Britain badly exposed | Rafael Behr
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
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November 13, 2024 at 10:58 AM
pcsoblahdeehell.bsky.social
I have been looking for some valued writers & journalists too, and misc others in the public sphere

soniapurnell
sarahoconnor
gameoldgirl
pippacrerar
jennirsl
johnharris69
rafaelbehr
cjayanetti
torcuil
oxforddiplomat
rooirvine ....

to name but a few. So far w/o success.
September 22, 2023 at 10:45 PM
annalopez.bsky.social
👉🏾En Trumpland defender "la libertad de expresión" significan dos cosas:

- SUMISIÓN al PRESIDENTE.
-Amplificar sus prejuicios personales.

"Para #Trump corregir sus mentiras con hechos verificables es censura".

✍🏾Imprescindible la columna e @rafaelbehr
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April 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
simonshep.bsky.social
Very good piece from @rafaelbehr.

But what Starmer and Reeves are missing in their pursuit of growth is that growth depends on people en/masse spending more on goods and services that aren’t just day-to-day necessities.

This requires more disposable income… tbc

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December 3, 2025 at 11:03 AM
meejahoar.bsky.social
Sunak “is the coddled product of one-party rule, which hothouses clever, ambitious young MPs who then turn out to be unimaginative and ideologically complacent” – ⁦‪@rafaelbehr on 🔥🔥🔥 as usual www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Sunak says he is making decisions for the long term, but that’s his vanity talking. He’s failing...
The PM is rebranding himself as the man thinking far into the strategic future, because he can do nothing about the present, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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September 30, 2023 at 5:49 PM
stiles-tyson.bsky.social
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Excellent commentary, as always, from #RafaelBehr
Is Starmer’s reluctance to criticise Trump smart tactics – or the sign of a man without a plan? | Rafael Behr
The PM won’t call out Trump over Venezuela, and won’t commit to Europe. His refusal to choose leaves vital choices for Britain to be made by others, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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January 7, 2026 at 4:16 PM
stiles-tyson.bsky.social
#RafaelBehr takes his time getting to the crux of his argument. But when he does, it's nuclear.
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There’s an obvious way to challenge Nigel Farage. But Keir Starmer won’t do it | Rafael Behr
Labour’s reluctance to name Brexit as the cause of so many problems hasn’t stopped Reform’s rise. It’s time to try the truth, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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August 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
stiles-tyson.bsky.social
#RafaelBehr 'It isn’t the killing that upsets the US president, but the ingratitude. #Trump was offering #Putin a hefty slice of #Ukraine (not that the land was his to give away) & all he wanted in return was grounds to boast of his credentials as a peacemaker.'
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Trump isn't a reliable ally – but Nato dollars can be more persuasive than Putin's propaganda | Rafael Behr
There is no guarantee the US president’s impatience with Russia will last, but the Kremlin may come to regret testing his patience, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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July 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
denismacshane.bsky.social
As ever @rafaelbehr good on Brexit wars. HMT cut to nothing my budget to explain the EU. If my daily diaries 20O1-5 get a publisher folk will see revealed the in-fighting of ministers as old Labour anti-Europe reflexes never went away @timbale.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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May 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
vincentfrancis.bsky.social
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“Starmer’s politics have different pulse. It is the rhythm of the Parliamentary cycle, not the breathless tick-tock of social media.” One of the best pieces on the new Labour Government 5 months on from @rafaelbehr
After months of dysfunction and miscommunication, is the Starmer method finally working? | Rafael Behr
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
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December 4, 2024 at 5:06 PM
iainphilpott.bsky.social
There is an easy way for Labour to end Farage's career once and for all - just spell out exactly how bad the disaster of #Brexit really is. But I agree with #RafaelBehr - they won't, and it will be Labour's demise.

#TheGuardian #ReJoinEU #BrexitDisaster #Starmer

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There’s an obvious way to challenge Nigel Farage. But Keir Starmer won’t do it | Rafael Behr
Labour’s reluctance to name Brexit as the cause of so many problems hasn’t stopped Reform’s rise. It’s time to try the truth, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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August 27, 2025 at 10:18 AM