Rafael Behr
@rafaelbehr.bsky.social
Political columnist, The Guardian
Author, Politics, A Survivor's Guide
Website: https://rafaelbehr.com/
Author, Politics, A Survivor's Guide
Website: https://rafaelbehr.com/
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In-Fight Club – Your Party flames out. @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com, @rostaylor.bsky.social, @rafaelbehr.bsky.social & @nndroid.bsky.social discuss what went wrong at Your Party's first conference & more 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
#yourparty #corbyn #sultana #polanski #greenparty #ukpolitics
#yourparty #corbyn #sultana #polanski #greenparty #ukpolitics
December 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
In-Fight Club – Your Party flames out. @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com, @rostaylor.bsky.social, @rafaelbehr.bsky.social & @nndroid.bsky.social discuss what went wrong at Your Party's first conference & more 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
#yourparty #corbyn #sultana #polanski #greenparty #ukpolitics
#yourparty #corbyn #sultana #polanski #greenparty #ukpolitics
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ICYMI – Weekly wrap-up: @rafaelbehr.bsky.social joins @jacobjarvis.bsky.social to break down the stalled US–Russia peace talks, the fallout from the OBR’s budget leak and what it all means for Labour’s economic credibility & more 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
#news #weeklywrapup #trump #putin #weeklynews
#news #weeklywrapup #trump #putin #weeklynews
December 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
ICYMI – Weekly wrap-up: @rafaelbehr.bsky.social joins @jacobjarvis.bsky.social to break down the stalled US–Russia peace talks, the fallout from the OBR’s budget leak and what it all means for Labour’s economic credibility & more 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
#news #weeklywrapup #trump #putin #weeklynews
#news #weeklywrapup #trump #putin #weeklynews
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But still doesn’t beat the fact that Cleopatra is closer to us in time than she was to the building of the Great Pyramid.
😱 "For example, the release of The Beatles’ first UK number one, Love Me Do, is closer to the reign of Queen Victoria than it is to the present day." @jackkessler.bsky.social
Time catches up with us all
When your memories become someone else’s history
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December 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
But still doesn’t beat the fact that Cleopatra is closer to us in time than she was to the building of the Great Pyramid.
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Wrapping up the stories of the week: @rafaelbehr.bsky.social joins @jacobjarvis.bsky.social to break down the stalled US–Russia peace talks, Putin’s strong-arming, & what Trump’s shaky negotiating team tells us about the state of American power 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
#news #weeklywrapup #trump
#news #weeklywrapup #trump
December 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Wrapping up the stories of the week: @rafaelbehr.bsky.social joins @jacobjarvis.bsky.social to break down the stalled US–Russia peace talks, Putin’s strong-arming, & what Trump’s shaky negotiating team tells us about the state of American power 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
#news #weeklywrapup #trump
#news #weeklywrapup #trump
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I suspect you have to be quite racist to stand out as "the racist guy" at a boys public school of the 1980s.
December 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I suspect you have to be quite racist to stand out as "the racist guy" at a boys public school of the 1980s.
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What went wrong with “Your Party”? @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com, @rostaylor.bsky.social, @rafaelbehr.bsky.social & @nndroid.bsky.social discuss Your Party's first conference collapse & more 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
#yourparty #corbyn #sultana #polanski #greenparty #ukpolitics
#yourparty #corbyn #sultana #polanski #greenparty #ukpolitics
December 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
What went wrong with “Your Party”? @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com, @rostaylor.bsky.social, @rafaelbehr.bsky.social & @nndroid.bsky.social discuss Your Party's first conference collapse & more 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
#yourparty #corbyn #sultana #polanski #greenparty #ukpolitics
#yourparty #corbyn #sultana #polanski #greenparty #ukpolitics
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Doesn't say anything for the political instincts of Number 10 that they were surprised by a positive response to a positive EU agenda.
Doesn't say much for their diplomatic instincts that this came 12 months too late to make a difference to negotiations. www.politico.eu/article/brex...
Doesn't say much for their diplomatic instincts that this came 12 months too late to make a difference to negotiations. www.politico.eu/article/brex...
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Doesn't say anything for the political instincts of Number 10 that they were surprised by a positive response to a positive EU agenda.
Doesn't say much for their diplomatic instincts that this came 12 months too late to make a difference to negotiations. www.politico.eu/article/brex...
Doesn't say much for their diplomatic instincts that this came 12 months too late to make a difference to negotiations. www.politico.eu/article/brex...
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Column. British politicians do a lot claiming to face the world as it is, while their actions speak of yearning for the world as it was. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Fear of facing the future has British politics stuck in the past | Rafael Behr
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves claim to be dealing with the world as it is, but seem to yearn for a world that has disappeared, says the Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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December 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Column. British politicians do a lot claiming to face the world as it is, while their actions speak of yearning for the world as it was. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Column. British politicians do a lot claiming to face the world as it is, while their actions speak of yearning for the world as it was. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Fear of facing the future has British politics stuck in the past | Rafael Behr
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves claim to be dealing with the world as it is, but seem to yearn for a world that has disappeared, says the Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Column. British politicians do a lot claiming to face the world as it is, while their actions speak of yearning for the world as it was. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There will come a point where Farage realises he needs non-dregs defectors to look vaguely respectable and Tory frontbenchers realise a pact is the only way they get to carry on being MPs. Then there will be deal.
FT Exclusive: The Reform UK leader told donors he expects a deal or merger between his party and the Conservatives ahead of the next general election, suggesting he does not believe he can sweep to power alone. on.ft.com/44xlHi0
December 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
There will come a point where Farage realises he needs non-dregs defectors to look vaguely respectable and Tory frontbenchers realise a pact is the only way they get to carry on being MPs. Then there will be deal.
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With top analysis from @jessicaelgot.bsky.social: Keir Starmer has little choice but to bind himself closer to his chancellor www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Starmer has little choice but to bind himself closer to his chancellor
Ditching Rachel Reeves would put spotlight back on real context for decision to drop idea of breaching manifesto
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:43 AM
With top analysis from @jessicaelgot.bsky.social: Keir Starmer has little choice but to bind himself closer to his chancellor www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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A quick reminder of who Nigel Farage was most concerned about when Putin's tanks first rolled into Ukraine
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
A quick reminder of who Nigel Farage was most concerned about when Putin's tanks first rolled into Ukraine
@dkthomp.bsky.social very much enjoyed pod on cultural stagnation. It occurs to me that the phenomenon of Switzerland - neutral in war, prosperous, reliably uncool - very much supports your closing thesis.
November 28, 2025 at 8:16 AM
@dkthomp.bsky.social very much enjoyed pod on cultural stagnation. It occurs to me that the phenomenon of Switzerland - neutral in war, prosperous, reliably uncool - very much supports your closing thesis.
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Continues to be wild to me how few Labour MPs have absorbed that the Starmer-Reeves strategy is, and always has been “Plan A: Somehow the Major economy returned Plan B: Die”.
The tax rises in this Budget’s are backloaded.
They're largely kick in in what is likely to be a pre-election year, somewhat implausibly.
They're largely kick in in what is likely to be a pre-election year, somewhat implausibly.
November 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Continues to be wild to me how few Labour MPs have absorbed that the Starmer-Reeves strategy is, and always has been “Plan A: Somehow the Major economy returned Plan B: Die”.
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🚨ICYMI🚨 Cory Doctorow on the curse of Enshittification and how to fix it. Cory joins @nndroid.bsky.social and @rafaelbehr.bsky.social to discuss the ways we can stop it ➡️ linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnowpod
#tech #technology #enshittification #corydoctorow #OGWN #podcast #techpodcast #digitaldecay #ai
#tech #technology #enshittification #corydoctorow #OGWN #podcast #techpodcast #digitaldecay #ai
November 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🚨ICYMI🚨 Cory Doctorow on the curse of Enshittification and how to fix it. Cory joins @nndroid.bsky.social and @rafaelbehr.bsky.social to discuss the ways we can stop it ➡️ linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnowpod
#tech #technology #enshittification #corydoctorow #OGWN #podcast #techpodcast #digitaldecay #ai
#tech #technology #enshittification #corydoctorow #OGWN #podcast #techpodcast #digitaldecay #ai
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wish the BBC would lead on micro-economic aspects of budget rather than the politics and macro-economic sides. Overall tax takes are meaningless to most of us, and what's the point in asking Reform, Greens, Lib Dems, SNP and Conservatives unbiased opinion? I mean Kemi said it was worst one ever 🤨
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
wish the BBC would lead on micro-economic aspects of budget rather than the politics and macro-economic sides. Overall tax takes are meaningless to most of us, and what's the point in asking Reform, Greens, Lib Dems, SNP and Conservatives unbiased opinion? I mean Kemi said it was worst one ever 🤨
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Something that Trump’s hapless crew seem completely unable to understand.
We still need to get from a situation where Russia pretends to negotiate to a situation where they need to negotiate.
Extract from my press remarks following today’s informal Foreign Affairs Council ↓
Extract from my press remarks following today’s informal Foreign Affairs Council ↓
November 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Something that Trump’s hapless crew seem completely unable to understand.
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The fundamental political-economy for the government is that is objectively implementing a soft left economic policy on speed whilst being hated by lots of left leaning people because of its other policies and rhetoric.
November 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The fundamental political-economy for the government is that is objectively implementing a soft left economic policy on speed whilst being hated by lots of left leaning people because of its other policies and rhetoric.
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Rachel Reeves’ day so far
November 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Rachel Reeves’ day so far
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Was always VERY sceptical about this: dropping the idea of an income tax rise was a political, not an economic decision.
Minor point. But this is the OBR saying that the briefing about income tax being dropped because of improved forecasts is bollocks.
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Was always VERY sceptical about this: dropping the idea of an income tax rise was a political, not an economic decision.
On budget, Brexit and UK politics paddling in the shallow end of a problem that goes way deeper than just tax rises. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rachel Reeves has many problems. She’s realising that her Brexit bind may be the biggest of all | Rafael Behr
Brutal economic realities are prompting a shift in Labour’s tone on Europe. But will it dare tell the whole truth about Britain’s predicament, asks Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
On budget, Brexit and UK politics paddling in the shallow end of a problem that goes way deeper than just tax rises. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Why tech sucks. Cory Doctorow, who coined the term “Enshittification” joins @nndroid.bsky.social and @rafaelbehr.bsky.social to discuss how we can combat it ➡️ linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnowpod
#tech #technology #enshittification #corydoctorow #OGWN #podcast #techpodcast
#tech #technology #enshittification #corydoctorow #OGWN #podcast #techpodcast
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Why tech sucks. Cory Doctorow, who coined the term “Enshittification” joins @nndroid.bsky.social and @rafaelbehr.bsky.social to discuss how we can combat it ➡️ linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnowpod
#tech #technology #enshittification #corydoctorow #OGWN #podcast #techpodcast
#tech #technology #enshittification #corydoctorow #OGWN #podcast #techpodcast
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New: Three new ex-pupils come forward, on the record, to say Farage's racism as a teenager was targeted, persistent and nasty. Farage has denied targeting any individuals - but two of the men tell us they recall Farage abusing Peter Ettedgui.
w/ Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social
w/ Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
New: Three new ex-pupils come forward, on the record, to say Farage's racism as a teenager was targeted, persistent and nasty. Farage has denied targeting any individuals - but two of the men tell us they recall Farage abusing Peter Ettedgui.
w/ Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social
w/ Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social
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“Enshittification” is the word of the moment. It’s the reason Google is all ads and Amazon serves you crappy overpriced products. Cory Doctorow, who coined the term, joins @nndroid.bsky.social and @rafaelbehr.bsky.social to discuss how we can combat it ➡️ linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnowpod
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
“Enshittification” is the word of the moment. It’s the reason Google is all ads and Amazon serves you crappy overpriced products. Cory Doctorow, who coined the term, joins @nndroid.bsky.social and @rafaelbehr.bsky.social to discuss how we can combat it ➡️ linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnowpod
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At my funeral I want the priest to read out a long bit about how much I loved darts. I don’t love darts but my family and friends will be like “wow we never really knew him”.
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
At my funeral I want the priest to read out a long bit about how much I loved darts. I don’t love darts but my family and friends will be like “wow we never really knew him”.