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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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Deface The Nation – Is Trump starting to lose? @mollyjongfast.bsky.social joins @nndroid.bsky.social & @rafaelbehr.bsky.social to discuss the teetering tyrant and the damage he will leave. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
#Trump #DonaldTrump #uspolitics #podcast
#Trump #DonaldTrump #uspolitics #podcast
November 18, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Deface The Nation – Is Trump starting to lose? @mollyjongfast.bsky.social joins @nndroid.bsky.social & @rafaelbehr.bsky.social to discuss the teetering tyrant and the damage he will leave. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
#Trump #DonaldTrump #uspolitics #podcast
#Trump #DonaldTrump #uspolitics #podcast
Handy primer on how the politics of Danish approach to asylum played out in the actual Denmark ukandeu.ac.uk/denmarks-mig...
Denmark’s migration policy – an example to follow? - UK in a changing Europe
Kristina Bakkær Simonsen explains why countries feel they have something to learn from Denmark's strict migration policy, but argues that there are many key pitfalls.
ukandeu.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Handy primer on how the politics of Danish approach to asylum played out in the actual Denmark ukandeu.ac.uk/denmarks-mig...
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Gov will tear us apart – Start Your Week with @rafaelbehr.bsky.social and @jacobjarvis.bsky.social. Starmer’s position remains in question after a week of chaos and the announcement of controversial new asylum plans. Can the narrative shift? Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
#ukpolitics #Starmer
#ukpolitics #Starmer
November 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Gov will tear us apart – Start Your Week with @rafaelbehr.bsky.social and @jacobjarvis.bsky.social. Starmer’s position remains in question after a week of chaos and the announcement of controversial new asylum plans. Can the narrative shift? Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
#ukpolitics #Starmer
#ukpolitics #Starmer
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🚨ICYMI🚨 Weekly wrap-up with @jacobjarvis.bsky.social and @rafaelbehr.bsky.social: Starmer’s briefing war with Wes Streeting, unpacking the latest revelations from the Epstein files, & asking the big question: could the BBC survive a billion dollar lawsuit from Donald Trump? 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
November 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🚨ICYMI🚨 Weekly wrap-up with @jacobjarvis.bsky.social and @rafaelbehr.bsky.social: Starmer’s briefing war with Wes Streeting, unpacking the latest revelations from the Epstein files, & asking the big question: could the BBC survive a billion dollar lawsuit from Donald Trump? 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
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Everything to fear, including fear itself
November 14, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Everything to fear, including fear itself
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Today on The Weekly-Wrap Up, @jacobjarvis.bsky.social and @rafaelbehr.bsky.social dig into Starmer’s briefing war with Wes Streeting, unpack the latest revelations from the Epstein files, & ask the big question: could the BBC survive a billion dollar lawsuit from Donald Trump? 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Today on The Weekly-Wrap Up, @jacobjarvis.bsky.social and @rafaelbehr.bsky.social dig into Starmer’s briefing war with Wes Streeting, unpack the latest revelations from the Epstein files, & ask the big question: could the BBC survive a billion dollar lawsuit from Donald Trump? 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
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TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
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Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
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November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
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Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
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On broken prisons, a besieged BBC and the problem of collective politics in a climate of mistrust www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There’s a missing link in British public life – and it underpins crises from the BBC to our prisons | Rafael Behr
A declining sense of collective identity is corroding trust in our institutions and undermining democratic politics, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:23 AM
On broken prisons, a besieged BBC and the problem of collective politics in a climate of mistrust www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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New Politics on the Couch - the world’s most erratically scheduled politics podcast - this time on immigration, storytelling and changing even the most hostile minds (maybe). shows.acast.com/6462652801a2...
Changing minds about immigration | Politics on the Couch
How to talk about immigration with ‘authoritarian’ voters: Rafael Behr in conversation with Dr Tessa Buchanan from the Cambridge Political Psychology Lab
shows.acast.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
New Politics on the Couch - the world’s most erratically scheduled politics podcast - this time on immigration, storytelling and changing even the most hostile minds (maybe). shows.acast.com/6462652801a2...
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the BBC should apologise with a montage of all the times Trump showed support for 6 Jan and they should get the person who does the end of World Cup montage to do it
November 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
the BBC should apologise with a montage of all the times Trump showed support for 6 Jan and they should get the person who does the end of World Cup montage to do it
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New Elon Musk/Daryl Hall Venn diagram just dropped.
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
New Elon Musk/Daryl Hall Venn diagram just dropped.
I endorse this message. Episode is here shows.acast.com/6462652801a2... and anywhere else you usually find podcasts.
Politics On The Couch is out with a new episode. Search, subscribe and scour the archive.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I endorse this message. Episode is here shows.acast.com/6462652801a2... and anywhere else you usually find podcasts.
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The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
New Politics on the Couch - the world’s most erratically scheduled politics podcast - this time on immigration, storytelling and changing even the most hostile minds (maybe). shows.acast.com/6462652801a2...
Changing minds about immigration | Politics on the Couch
How to talk about immigration with ‘authoritarian’ voters: Rafael Behr in conversation with Dr Tessa Buchanan from the Cambridge Political Psychology Lab
shows.acast.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
New Politics on the Couch - the world’s most erratically scheduled politics podcast - this time on immigration, storytelling and changing even the most hostile minds (maybe). shows.acast.com/6462652801a2...
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Boy, I bet New York is going nuts right now about James Cartlidge messing up his question count at DPMQs.
November 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Boy, I bet New York is going nuts right now about James Cartlidge messing up his question count at DPMQs.
On Farage, the economy and how spent he looks when he can’t work the Maga playbook www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Economic policy is one thing Nigel Farage can’t crib from the Donald Trump playbook | Rafael Behr
The Maga model, based on the US’s exorbitant market privileges, can’t be imported to Britain. That’s going to be a problem for Reform UK, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:14 AM
On Farage, the economy and how spent he looks when he can’t work the Maga playbook www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Sharkbait: Nigel Farage needs the threat of an election to keep Reform moving forwards. My SKETCH.
Sharkbait | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
“A relationship is like a shark,” Woody Allen tells Diane Keaton in Annie Hall. “It has to constantly move forward or it dies.” Watching Nigel Farage trying to keep his Reform Party interesting on…
thecritic.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Sharkbait: Nigel Farage needs the threat of an election to keep Reform moving forwards. My SKETCH.
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🎯
congress sounds so cool i wish it was real
October 24, 2025 at 4:20 AM
🎯
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Brutal age split - clearer if you bin into blocs (LAB+LD+GP+PC:CON+REF)
24-49 = 67|28
50-64 = 46|50
So, cross-over point ~50+
Note, Wales is older than England (median age 42 vs 40) and the electorate is a bit older than that, but the different is turnout propensity x age.
24-49 = 67|28
50-64 = 46|50
So, cross-over point ~50+
Note, Wales is older than England (median age 42 vs 40) and the electorate is a bit older than that, but the different is turnout propensity x age.
October 23, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Brutal age split - clearer if you bin into blocs (LAB+LD+GP+PC:CON+REF)
24-49 = 67|28
50-64 = 46|50
So, cross-over point ~50+
Note, Wales is older than England (median age 42 vs 40) and the electorate is a bit older than that, but the different is turnout propensity x age.
24-49 = 67|28
50-64 = 46|50
So, cross-over point ~50+
Note, Wales is older than England (median age 42 vs 40) and the electorate is a bit older than that, but the different is turnout propensity x age.
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"The result would be removals on an epic scale. The comparison with Idi Amin's expulsion of Ugandan Asians is not one many Tory MPs welcome. Some appear unaware their own policy was that monstrous, until Lam spelled it out in a newspaper interview"
- Guardian
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Guardian
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on Conservative immigration policy: the threat of mass expulsions is abhorrent | Editorial
Editorial: Tory plans to revoke indefinite leave to remain in pursuit of greater ‘cultural coherence’ resemble the most extreme ambitions of far-right fringe parties
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
"The result would be removals on an epic scale. The comparison with Idi Amin's expulsion of Ugandan Asians is not one many Tory MPs welcome. Some appear unaware their own policy was that monstrous, until Lam spelled it out in a newspaper interview"
- Guardian
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Guardian
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Also, if any Tory tries to wriggle out their wild, unhinged and unworkable deportations policy by saying it’s a work in progress, details tbc etc, this is what the press release said at the time about how complete and ready it was.
October 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Also, if any Tory tries to wriggle out their wild, unhinged and unworkable deportations policy by saying it’s a work in progress, details tbc etc, this is what the press release said at the time about how complete and ready it was.
It is not “broadly in line”. It is *exactly in line* because it is literally the policy as set out in a “draft bill” presented to parliament as the law a Badenoch government would enact.
Mass deporting millions of people legally living here in order to make the UK "culturally coherent" is "broadly in line" with Conservative party policy, says Kemi Badenoch's spokesman
October 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
It is not “broadly in line”. It is *exactly in line* because it is literally the policy as set out in a “draft bill” presented to parliament as the law a Badenoch government would enact.
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I would happily join any such group - if you would too then get in touch with Marie. The madness being proposed by Tories and Reform needs to be opposed, and migrants' rights need to be protected.
(if anyone would like to maybe start some sort of campaigning or pressure group of and on behalf of immigrants with ILR and settled status in Britain then I would be interested in helping, or indeed trying to get it off the ground myself, email in bio, etc)
October 22, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I would happily join any such group - if you would too then get in touch with Marie. The madness being proposed by Tories and Reform needs to be opposed, and migrants' rights need to be protected.
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Boris’s Children: my SKETCH of Today in subjects he loves to forget.
Boris’s children | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
“My memory is now contaminated.” It was one of the more accurate statements we heard from Boris Johnson on Tuesday morning, though this is never a high bar. He was speaking, again…
thecritic.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Boris’s Children: my SKETCH of Today in subjects he loves to forget.