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We’re being deafened by digital noise. Pause it and you hear the sound of democracy in crisis

Step offline for just a moment and you see how democratic politics is struggling to cope with the pace of technological change, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Trump isn’t a reliable ally – but Nato dollars can be more persuasive than Putin’s propaganda

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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Macron and Starmer talk Trump, boats and Ukraine – but Brexit is the ghost at the banquet

The prime minister has repaired broken relations with France, but Britain still looks perilously isolated in a world of shifting alliances, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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After the welfare vote debacle, this much is clear: Starmer must change. Labour MPs will demand it

The anti-Tory energy that won the PM a majority last year has gone. He needs to give his old supporters new reasons to keep him in office, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Dear PM, thanks for the welfare concessions, but I still won’t vote for your bill. Scrap the whole thing

Your government is choosing to balance the books on the backs of disabled people. That’s not the country we are supposed to be building, says Labour MP Richard Burgon

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Trump is angry with a world that won’t give him easy deals

In the Middle East as in Ukraine, the president is discovering that simple bullying tricks don’t resolve complex international crises, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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G7 leaders are paralysed by their fear of upsetting Donald Trump

Tyranny is contagious – and western governments’ reluctance to name the threat is helping it spread, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Rachel Reeves’s economic vision is coming into focus – a year too late

In an age of political mistrust, voters won’t patiently wait for the benefits of a long-term investment plan, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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The spirit of Liz Truss, ridiculous but relentless, still stalks British politics

Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch have much more in common with the failed Tory leader than either cares to admit, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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In the never-ending Brexit Wars saga, reality is finally fighting back

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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Keir Starmer is caught in yet another trap of his own making

The prime minister’s immigration approach follows a now-familiar pattern: letting fear of a difficult argument get in the way of policy that might work, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Welcome to the era of ‘hostage politics’, where Labour is apparently your only hope

First it was the Conservatives and now Reform. The only thing the government has to offer is that it’s the least worst option, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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Keir Starmer can’t build a stronger European partnership by stealth. He has to declare it aloud

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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The Tories have shown Labour exactly how not to fight Farage

As local elections loom, it’s clear that years of agreeing with the Reform leader have failed to discourage people from voting for him, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Nigel Farage thinks net zero is the new Brexit. Starmer can prove him wrong

Labour must deliver the green transition voters want, leaving Reform and the Tories on the side of economic decline and dictators, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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In Trumpland, ‘defending free speech’ means one thing: submission to the president

By claiming that any regulation is censorship, the White House is bullying Britain to abandon online safety laws and digital taxes, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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

Ministers are insisting that Trump’s regime can still be a friend. It’s a delusion and a lie, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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