Ian Dunt

Ian Dunt served as the editor-at-large of Politics.co.uk until 2021. He is a regular host on the Oh God What Now podcast, a columnist for the New European and the i newspaper, and the author of two books: Brexit: What The Hell Happens Now and How To Be A Liberal.

Latest articles

*Comment & Analysis

Ian Dunt: 'Miliband prevented a internecine battle in the Labour party after its second-worst ever electoral performance'

Comment: Miliband is doing better than you think

News

Miliband: I'll split the banks if they don't

Labour conference: Miliband threatens to tear apart the banks

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Harman: 'Women are probably more interested in a man who knows how to unstack the dishwasher'

Harriet Harman on…. 50 Shades of Grey

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Mexican police have been unable to stop a spate of vicious drugs killings over the last four years

Hitting the frontline: UK drug reformers move to Mexico

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Cameron takes a call from Obama not long after becoming prime minister. According to reports, he is now less attentive.

Cameron ‘put Obama on hold’ to finish tennis game

*Comment & Analysis

Caroline Julian: 'The personalisation agenda has placed a great weight on the importance of individual choice'

Comment: Can Paddy Ashdown reclaim the Liberal legacy?

*Blog

Magna Carta (it means great charter)

Cameron’s predictable slip-up on Letterman

Any slip-ups Cameron made on David Letterman’s Late Show were be highlighted in the UK, while his accomplishments were glossed over.

*Comment & Analysis

Ian Dunt: 'Clegg's effort to quell speculation about the future of the party was particularly poisonous'

Comment: Clegg’s double-think, threats and bad jokes

Nick Clegg’s speech to the Liberal Democrat conference in Brighton was full of logical blunders and thinly-veiled threats.

*Comment & Analysis

Two Lib Dems lost in the excitement of party conference.

Nick Clegg conference speech as-it-happened

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Nick Clegg and his wife Miraim Gonzalez Durantez arrive for the leader speech to the Liberal Democrat conference

Clegg gets tough on Cameron in pivotal conference speech

*Blog

Barack Obama tends to glide through Letterman interviews with little difficulty.

Can Cameron survive the Late Show?

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The Late Show with David Letterman is a fixture on US TV.

Brave or stupid? Cameron accepts invite to US chat show

*Comment & Analysis

Cable used his speech to unveil a state-sponsored bank.

Vince Cable speech as-it-happened

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Cable: Future Lib Dem leader?

The man who would be king: Cable flirts with Labour

*Comment & Analysis

Poor old Nick: Even saying sorry won't heal the wounds.

The Political Week Online: Clegg apology special

*Comment & Analysis

Clegg's statement focused on the promising, not the breaking

The Week in Review: Clegg promises he won’t believe in anything again

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Andrew Mitchell: Denies language but accepts an argument took place

Another day, another apology: Tory chief whip in ‘f**king plebs’ rant

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The London Olympics suggested private outsourcing is not always more efficient than using state-owned organisations

No more outsourcing? Army could be used for future events after Olympic success

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Twitter: A message for friends can be seen by millions in minutes.

The law of Twitter: Legal guidelines coming on free speech

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