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@guardian 1 year ago
Rishi Sunak’s White House jolly can’t mask the fact that Brexit Britain is a fading power | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/07/rishi-sunak-white-house-summit-brexit-britain-washington-europe-joe-biden?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1686114640
@guardian 1 year ago
Brexit ruined Britain’s appetite for revolution. That makes Starmer’s job harder | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/24/brexit-britain-appetite-revolution-keir-starmer-labour?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1684904871
@guardian 1 year ago
Brexit will endure after Sunak’s deal, but Brexitism is dying and Johnsonism may be dead | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/01/brexit-sunak-brexitism-agreement-protocol?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1677651949
@guardian 1 year ago
After Brexit, Britain’s competitors are running rings around us. Sunak’s not even at the races | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/08/rishi-sunak-reshuffle-conservatives-brexit?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1675837162
@guardian 1 year ago
How Brexit Britain went awol in the struggle to defend liberal democracy | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/16/brexit-britain-awol-liberal-democracy-tories-rishi-sunak-eurosceptic?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1668579155
@guardian 2 years ago
Boris Johnson is flailing – so he is reviving his Brexit greatest hits | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/apr/26/boris-johnson-northern-ireland-brexit-protocol?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1650984484
@guardian 3 years ago
Boris Johnson has condemned Britain to replay Brexit on a loop | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/02/boris-johnson-britain-brexit-northern-ireland-protocol-fishing-sovereignty?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1635873809
@guardian 3 years ago
The cult of Boris Johnson's optimism is all that's left of a Brexit plan | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/12/cult-boris-johnson-optimism-brexit-plan-northern-ireland-protocol?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1634055420
@guardian 3 years ago
The Tories are cheering the voyage to a Brexit promised land that doesn’t exist | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/05/tories-brexit-promised-land-government?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1633450482
@guardian 3 years ago
Brexit made an unlikely hero of Angela Merkel for Britain's remainers | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/21/brexit-angela-merkel-britain-remainers-german-chancellor-uk?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1632240504
@guardian 3 years ago
Brexit is a failure: but, to remainers’ frustration, it’s not a spectacular one | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/24/brexit-failure-remainers-shelves-empty-eu?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1629824206
@guardian 3 years ago
British politics is still drunk on Brexit spirit, and Boris Johnson won’t call time | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/16/british-politics-drunk-brexit-spirit-boris-johnson?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1623820589
@guardian 3 years ago
Brexit is a machine to generate perpetual grievance. It's doing its job perfectly | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/23/brexit-machine-perpetual-grievance-britain-brussels?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1614098339
@guardian 3 years ago
Brexit was a typically English revolution – one that left the elites unharmed | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/19/brexit-english-revolution-elites-ruling-class?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1611074436
@guardian 3 years ago
This is the last exit to Brexit. But in truth, there was only ever one road | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/08/exit-brexit-deal-wealth-sovereignty-timescale?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1607452362
@guardian 3 years ago
Deal or no deal on Brexit, Boris Johnson's only care is that no one blames him | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/10/brexit-deal-boris-johnson-eu-negotiations?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1605029311
@guardian 4 years ago
Boris Johnson's speech shows that even Brexit is beyond his comfort zone | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/06/boris-johnson-speech-brexit-prime-minister-europe-pandemic?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1602002700
@guardian 4 years ago
Boris Johnson's Brexit has always been a swindle. Now Ireland will pay the price | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/15/boris-johnson-brexit-swindle-ireland-eurosceptic-good-friday-agreement?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1600186520
@guardian 4 years ago
Naked self-interest should steer Johnson towards a late Brexit deal | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/01/boris-johnson-brexit-deal-political-cost-eurosceptic?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1598977553
@guardian 4 years ago
Brexit was meant to make Britain global. It has made us friendless | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/15/brexit-britain-partnership-boris-johnson?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1594794194
@guardian 4 years ago
The harder reality gets for Johnson, the tighter he clings to Brexit fantasy | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/02/boris-johnson-brexit?CMP=twt_gu&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium#Echobox=1591184308
@guardian 4 years ago
Boris Johnson’s bluster on Brexit is about to face reality | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/03/boris-johnson-brexit-eu-trade-talks?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1583255599
@guardian 4 years ago
What having a heart attack taught me about Brexit | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/29/heart-attack-brexit-politics?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1580284091
@guardian 4 years ago
No Brexit, no Johnson, no Corbyn. Is that too much to ask? | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/11/brexit-boris-johnson-corbyn-election-result?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1576046473
@guardian 4 years ago
Brussels or Washington? Brexit means we must decide whose side we’re on | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/03/brussels-washington-brexit-britain-nato-summit?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1575400188
@guardian 4 years ago
Tactical pacts won’t turn this into a Brexit election | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/13/tactical-pacts-brexit-election-leave-remain?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1573626869
@guardian 4 years ago
The monstrous ugly tangle of Brexit will be ignored in this ‘Brexit election’ | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/05/brexit-election-british-politics?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1572976436
@guardian 5 years ago
Remain is now a political identity that will shape Britain long after Brexit | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/22/remain-identity-survive-brexit-young-generation?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1571764423
@guardian 5 years ago
Johnson hasn’t given up on the idea of reviving May’s Brexit deal | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/10/boris-johnson-brexit-theresa-may-withdrawal-agreement?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1568136421
@guardian 5 years ago
The Brexit ultras cheer him, but the Boris Johnson pantomime will end | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/03/brexit-ultras-pantomime-boris-johnson?CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1567536900
@guardian 5 years ago
The Brexit ultras cheer him, but the Boris Johnson pantomime will end | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/03/brexit-ultras-pantomime-boris-johnson?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1567536853
@guardian 5 years ago
Just as in 1914, the Brexit buildup is making calamity feel inevitable | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/21/1914-brexit-calamity-inevitable-remainers?CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1566370123
@guardian 5 years ago
Just as in 1914, the Brexit buildup is making calamity feel inevitable | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/21/1914-brexit-calamity-inevitable-remainers?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1566364970
@guardian 5 years ago
Remainers will do anything to stop Brexit, except install Corbyn as PM. Why? | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/15/remainers-stop-brexit-install-corbyn-pm?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1565870180
@guardian 5 years ago
After the Brexit storm, a new political alliance could emerge | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/13/brexit-new-political-alliance-remainers-boris-johnson?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1565718849
@guardian 5 years ago
Britain is heading for a general election reboot, but it’s not going to fix Brexit | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/09/britain-general-election-reboot-brexit-boris-johnson-theresa-may?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1562689563
@guardian 5 years ago
May’s Brexit deal is not dead – but only Rory Stewart will admit it | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/19/may-brexit-deal-not-dead-rory-stewart-boris-johnson?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1560942751
@TheNewEuropean 5 years ago
Got 90 seconds and haven't seen this? Nigh on 2.7 million people have watched Rafael Behr nail it on Brexit. https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/rafael-behr-brexit-rant-goes-viral-1-6098390
@guardian 5 years ago
Brexit is a sham, but Theresa May just won’t admit it | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/21/brexit-theresa-may-no-deal?CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1558471687
@guardian 5 years ago
Delivering Brexit won’t quell the forces of nationalism, as Eurosceptics might hope | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/15/brexit-nationalism-politicians-liberal-europe?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1557897220
@guardian 5 years ago
Corbyn always dreamed of a revolution – just not one involving Brexit | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/08/jeremy-corbyn-revolution-brexit-socialism?CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1557302495
@guardian 5 years ago
Corbyn always dreamed of a revolution – just not one involving Brexit | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/08/jeremy-corbyn-revolution-brexit-socialism?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1557292288
@guardian 5 years ago
With the delay to Brexit, Westminster has retreated into fantasy again | Rafael Behr http://bit.ly/2GT0VPA
@guardian 5 years ago
Our Brexit limbo has given us two new parties, but the same old politics | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/23/brexit-limbo-new-parties-politics-insurgent-outsider?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1556044091
@guardian 5 years ago
Is Brexit still worth it? Only the public can answer that question | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/09/brexit-worth-it-public-question-referendum?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1554830493
@guardian 5 years ago
Tory MPs’ no-deal fetish will make a cross-party Brexit solution impossible | Rafael Behr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/01/tory-mps-no-deal-fetish-cross-party-brexit-indicative-votes?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1554122731
@guardian 5 years ago
To avert this Brexit disaster, MPs must smash the party system| Rafael Behr https://trib.al/4cDpcNs
@guardian 5 years ago
Theresa May – and Britain – remain locked in Brexit purgatory | Rafael Behr https://trib.al/LbyqZAq