Rafael Behr

A ‘seismic’ night at the polls seems to indicate an electorate sending a clear message to the government. But what’s the reality?

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

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

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

Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer are complicit in the farcical performance that debases every British election campaign. It is a mode of politics hopeless...

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

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

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

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

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