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.

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The options being discussed have already been rejected by Brussels | Copyright: iStock

Bicker all you want about a customs partnership – it’s impossible either way

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Former Home Secretary Amber Rudd giving evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee last week | Copyright: PA

The myth of Amber Rudd’s liberalism

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As we get into the Brexit endgame, the economy remains highly volatile | Copyright: iStock

Week in Review: Don’t trust anyone who is confident on Brexit

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Redwood on TV: Tory backbencher joins other Brexiters in misleading viewers

All the nonsense Hannan, Redwood And Mogg have spoken about the customs union this week

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Rudd makes her statement to the Commons this afternoon. PA Images

Rudd tries to quarantine Windrush scandal

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Customs blockages threaten trade and raise the possibility of a border in Ireland | Copyright: iStock

Week in Review: Crunch-point is coming for the customs union

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Demonstrators take part in a protest organised by the Stop the War coalition against the British government | Copyright: PA

A charter for tyrants: The bleak reality of a Corbyn foreign policy

Corbyn places total emphasis on the need for UN authorisation for military action in Suria against Assad, but Putin is unlikely to play ball

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Jamaican immigrants are welcomed by RAF officials in 1948 as they arrive at Tilbury.

Windrush scandal shows what happens when anti-immigrant hysteria takes over

The Windrush kids scandal is not an error in the system. It is the system operating as it is meant to.

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Election polling station Copyright: iStock

Week in Review: Labour builds an election-winning platform

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Macron meets Trump during a recent to France visit. Copyright: PA

Confusion reigns on Syria but the moral lesson is clear

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Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban greets supporters in Budapest last night as preliminary results start coming through.

Look to Hungary if you want to know what you’re fighting against

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Conspiracy: Signs of a paranoid mindset are now evident across the political spectrum

Week in Review: The new age of conspiracy theory

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The foreign secretary waves his arms around as he arrives in Downing Street for a Cabinet meeting.

No responsible government would keep Johnson in post

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Finger trap: the government is being tested by its own criteria

Another Brexit fingertrap for the govt

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David Davis needs to provide a trade or tech solution to the Irish issue - or he faces the EU backstop.

Disaster road: The Brexit Irish border plan and why it won’t work

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Pick your Brexit: Starmer and Corbyn on the front bench

Amid all the nonsense, Labour starts the right fight on Brexit

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Nigel Farage helps tip a container of fish into the Thames on Wednesday in a protest stunt over the transition deal

Week in Review: Fish and passports mean more days lost to madness

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Settled status: Millions of people have to have their legal status transferred under the system

This is what the EU immigration app will look like

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Small change: New trade deals wouldn't add up to a substantial saving for shoppers

Those post-Brexit tariff cuts will only reduce costs by 1.2%

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