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Mired in trivia, British political discourse is utterly unfit for times of war

Wise heads choose their words painstakingly and experts feel speechless, but here the void is filled with ignorant chatter, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Starmer’s vision silenced Labour sceptics – but disillusioned voters will be a much tougher crowd

To win a mandate for meaningful change, the Labour leader knows he must cut through deep layers of apathy and cynicism, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Mad, bad and dangerous to know: we are witnessing the Tories’ final descent into absurdity

This spectacle shows how politics is degraded when power is wielded by a party that is no longer serious about government, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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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

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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Getting a better Brexit deal means making Britain European again

An improvement on the Johnson model will be available only to a PM who can counter decades of Eurosceptic mythology, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Can careful Keir Starmer win the trust of younger voters?

Letters: Tepid policies and promises to balance the books will have little appeal to those already suffering, writes Derrick Joad. Plus letters from Bee Hepworth, Lyn A Dade and Archie Lauchlan

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Keir Starmer’s caution may be frustrating, but it’s right. Voters no longer trust big promises

The Labour leader’s method of quiet but ruthless opposition appears to be in tune with this cynical age, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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The Tory mission has failed: British people don’t want a smaller state

Despite their campaign victories, the Conservatives have made surprisingly few converts to their biggest idea. Now they have nothing left to say, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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The Tories are suffering from Dorries syndrome: paranoia steeped in denial

A party that is out of ideas and afraid to admit its mistakes finds comfort in pursuit of traitors, scapegoats and in conspiracy theory, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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The Tories have become too pungent for a country that likes its politics plain

Labour’s unthreatening blandness doesn’t set pulses racing, but it beats a government peddling more rage and division, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Britain is trapped in political purgatory – waiting for its undead government to fall

Policy that can’t work and laws written purely for campaign slogans are clear symptoms of a moribund regime, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Rishi Sunak’s only hope of a legacy is to govern as though he has already lost the election

The Tories have a long road back to being a responsible party of power. Their leader’s job is to start that journey now, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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The Ukraine war highlights the deep strategic folly of Euroscepticism

Nato and the EU are the twin pillars of European security, but Britain now has to pretend there is only one, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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How can British politics move forward when it’s still haunted by the 2019 election?

Sunak and Starmer are trapped between the need to repudiate their past and reluctance to be honest about what went wrong, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Russia’s power games are a wake-up call for Britain: our democracy is precious – and fragile

The spectacle of Putin versus Prigozhin is a reminder that the UK’s political culture, however frayed its fabric, is worth celebrating, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Sunak had a chance to rise above Johnson’s toxic legacy – and he blew it

A politician who came to office promising integrity and accountability has shown the stupidest kind of cowardice, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Boris Johnson is gone, but his toxic Brexit myths will go on poisoning UK politics

A systemic sickness produced the hallucination of merit in the former prime minister, then disgorged him, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Rishi Sunak’s White House jolly can’t mask the fact that Brexit Britain is a fading power

The prime minister arrives in Washington with no real leverage in Europe – and therefore no real leverage with Joe Biden, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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The spectre of price controls is back to spook Sunak – and Thatcherite myths won’t save him

The prime minister is stubbornly attached to an outdated ideology, but has no plan for adapting to volatile times, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Brexit ruined Britain’s appetite for revolution. That makes Starmer’s job harder

It’s not just the NHS where Labour faces an uphill struggle. The party has lost its willingness to confront difficult choices, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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In a contest between Tory MPs and reality, Rishi Sunak is refusing to pick a side

The PM is treading the perilous path of indulging Suella Braverman and her allies on the Conservative hard right, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Politics: A Survivor’s Guide by Rafael Behr review – a plea for sanity from the centre ground

The political commentator is an elegant voice of reason in an often polarised world

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After this trouncing, Sunak will need to give people reasons to vote Tory again. Does he have any?

There’s still time for spells of competence from No 10 – but the Tory machine could collapse as the party goes into panic mode, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Politics: A Survivor’s Guide by Rafael Behr review – a masterful account of contemporary malaise

A heart attack prompts the Guardian journalist to investigate the underlying causes of our uniquely polarised moment

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Contempt for rules is shaking the foundations of British democracy

With its voter ID ruse and a bid to capture the civil service, the government is emulating US Republicans’ winner-takes-all populism, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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