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The truth that Rishi Sunak dare not speak: Britain still needs the EU

Rumours of a Swiss-style deal have put Brexit back on the agenda, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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How Brexit Britain went awol in the struggle to defend liberal democracy

Too many Tories, including Rishi Sunak, were enjoying the Eurosceptic dance. They didn’t stop to think who was paying the piper, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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The Tories are ungovernable, and Rishi Sunak won’t bring them to heel

Brexit created a profound crisis in Conservatism – one that it is beyond the abilities of any caretaker prime minister to solve, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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The Tory leadership race is not just a political battle – it’s religious warfare

The party has reached a stage where purity of faith is valued over sound judgment or evidence, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Liz Truss is the last stop on a long Tory journey away from grownup government

Buffoonery has been no bar to climbing the Tory party hierarchy – and this mess is the inevitable result, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Populist rhetoric without the popularity – Truss’s guaranteed recipe for failure

At least Brexit had an electoral mandate. The PM’s project of economic self-harm is neither politically nor morally feasible, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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The Tories are being reborn as a neo-nasty party

Letters: Austen Lynch says the Conservatives are pursuing gain at the expense of the humane, and Jennifer Basannavar decries the home secretary’s dream of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda

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Liz Truss’s Tories are higher than ever on ideology – and they’re refusing to sober up

This fiscal fiasco hasn’t dimmed the PM’s enthusiasm for bootleg Thatcherism. Only voters can scare the party straight, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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‘Empty, unremarkable, muted’: how commentators saw Kwarteng’s speech

The verdicts came swiftly on the chancellor’s speech after his high-profile tax U-turn

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Keir Starmer has found his winning position – as the antidote to Liz Truss

The Labour leader looks like he’s on a path to victory, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Ever bold, always cocky and never a mission accomplished: this will be the tale of PM Truss

The pattern is already clear – a rush for growth, no concern about the risks, and a fall that everyone saw coming, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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All eyes were on Balmoral – but events in Ukraine may be just as historic for Britain

The story being written in Kharkiv and Izium right now will determine how our future plays out under King Charles III, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Liz Truss’s faith in the power of markets will be tested to destruction by a winter of strife

The new prime minister’s aversion to state intervention flies in the face of her supposed pragmatism: there’s trouble ahead, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Brexit is the monster under the bed Liz Truss is desperately trying to ignore

The likely winner of the leadership contest insists Brexit was the right path to take with the vehemence of a zealous convert, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Liz Truss is a Gen-Xer like me. We shouldn’t be the ones in power right now

The relative global stability that I grew up with is long gone, yet one of my peers is carrying on like nothing has changed, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Boris Johnson’s allergy to the truth could be a winning strategy for Liz Truss

The foreign secretary doesn’t even pretend to be a serious politician. Recent history shows this may go down well with Tory members, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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A bitter, unrepentant Boris Johnson will be a curse on the next prime minister

The next Tory leader will have no mandate – and a predecessor who, deep down, wants them to fail, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Who should succeed Boris Johnson as Tory leader? Our panel’s verdict

With six candidates still standing, our panellists discuss who would make the best – or least worst – prime minister

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The Uber files tell a simple truth: democracy depends on curbing mercenary tech giants

These revelations reveal the political credulity and negligence surrounding the growing power of Silicon Valley, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Johnson loves the world stage – he just has no idea where Britain’s place is on it

Showy appearances at the G7 and Nato can’t disguise the hollow truth of the PM’s foreign policy: Brexit has failed, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Even diehard Tories can’t stand another minute of Johnson’s rollercoaster government

From tree houses to Rwanda and rail strikes – the drama is exhausting Conservative voters, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Starmer is right not to dance to Tory tunes over strikes. He must find a tune of his own

Labour cannot fall into No 10’s trap and lose public support, but sitting on the fence is a losing strategy, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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The government is picking a fight with reality with its NI protocol bill

This is not the solution to anything, only the act of a government driven out of its mind by Brexit, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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The split over Boris Johnson’s future is just the start of a massive Tory identity crisis

The Conservative party remade itself in the image of a leader without integrity or values. So now what? asks Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Try as he might, Boris Johnson can’t use the jubilee as ammunition in his culture war

The celebrations express a longing for shared national stories, but that doesn’t mean they can be used to score political points, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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