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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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There is a serious problem at 10 Downing Street, but it isn’t Sue Gray v Morgan McSweeney

The rumbles of discord in No 10 matter, but they’re a sign of a creaking system rather than a destructive rivalry, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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The next Conservative leader will face a vital decision. Let’s call it the ‘rivers of blood’ test

The Tories must restore the line that stops immigration policy descending into racial hatred, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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The Brexit fantasists may be beaten, but Brexit reality is a far tougher foe

Only when the blinkers of Eurosceptic ideology are removed does the full scale of the task of repairing EU relations become clear, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Keir Starmer has a plan to turn the populist tide – and Britain’s allies pray it works

The prime minister is welcome at Nato’s summit in Washington as a rare example of a leader who has won from the centre, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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This election has upended British politics. A strange new landscape is revealed

Tribal loyalties and political certainties are falling away, but the Conservatives have been felled by a determined coalition, says the Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Labour isn’t winning by luck. Keir Starmer has earned a historic victory

The opposition leader has always been a man on a mission. On Thursday, keep in mind that none of this was inevitable, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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We are in all-new territory now. The cultural loyalties that defined British elections have gone

The anti-Tory tide sweeping the country has much to tell us about the volatility of voting since Brexit, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Civil war, what civil war? The so-called Tory moderates never even put up a fight

By pitching only to Reform voters, Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives have given up even trying to be a party of mainstream Britain, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Labour was fighting fit for an election, but some fear a nasty shock once in power

A party drilled to say ‘if’, not ‘when’ will suddenly have to change gears – and reconcile two vastly different modes of Starmerism, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Multiparty debate shows an audience tiring of the Labour-Tory slugging match

There were no knock-out blows, but some refreshing arguments that don’t get aired when the two heavyweights dominate the ring, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Sunak’s campaign was a Nigel Farage tribute act – and now he’s been upstaged

There should have been a line between the Tory approach and the rightwing demagogue’s but, foolishly, the PM dissolved it, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Rishi Sunak is holding out for a feelgood factor. It will only come once he’s gone

Lower inflation won’t help the Tories when everything still feels expensive and public services are on their knees, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Yes, Rishi Sunak, the world is a scary place. That is why we need a new prime minister

With no domestic legacy to celebrate, the PM has little choice but to focus on global volatility. But that is a problem he can’t solve, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Starmer may be bland – but that passes the taste test in a country sick of spicy politics

Activists doubt Labour’s cautious strategy, but many voters are looking for a ‘Weetabix candidate’ – reassuring and uncontroversial, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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On challenges big and small, our leaders haven’t learned that nationalism is not the answer

Brexit and Scottish independence have benefited Rishi Sunak and Humza Yousaf – now both are suffering the consequences, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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A grownup debate, not game-playing, is the only way to address the refugee crisis

Letters: Colin Montgomery, Daniel Fenton, Federico Moscogiuri, Alwyn Jones and Martin Coult on small boats, deaths in the Channel and the passing of the safety of Rwanda bill

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Starmer must drain the poison from the immigration debate – it’s what the public wants

After years of failed gimmicks and polarisation under the Tories, Britain is ready for a more grown-up approach, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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There’s a gaping hole at the centre of the Tory party where ideas should be. The risk is Liz Truss will fill it

Sunak likes to pretend his predecessor never happened. But are the moderates going to sit back and cede their party to fanatics, asks Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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When Rishi Sunak speaks, the nation shrugs. There’s no coming back from that

Flirting with leaving the European court of human rights has failed to move the dial for the PM, and has highlighted his deficiencies, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Frenzied politics is damaging to us all. We need the Daniel Kahneman doctrine

The late Nobel laureate advocated deliberate thinking, but what rules now is haste and gut instinct. His passing should give us pause, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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