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

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"Those fearful eyes from the Brexit trio tell us that they would likely fail at either poker or Article 50"

No-Deal Brexit: Govt is bluffing with cards everyone can see

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"If Nicola Sturgeon has her way, there will be a second referendum on Scottish independence sometime between autumn 2018 and spring 2019."

Indyref2: Brexit comes home to roost

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"This week Theresa May experienced her worst political scandal since she became prime minister"

Week in Review: Budget hysteria reveals fantasy land of British journalism

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"It was like listening to a bed-time story about princes and castles and special flying unicorns"

The Spring Budget is like a bed-time story in which Brexit isn’t happening

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May's supporters and hard Brexit ideologues are trying to limit the forms of accountability and democratic control which can be wielded in 2019

Brexit forces starting to get the jitters about 2019

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"The manner in which her rhetoric negated her own policies on Brexit was uncanny."

Week in Review: The Brexit age of double-think

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"No matter how you approach it, there is no way to square what the government is doing on patents with its red line on the ECJ."

Patent law: Theresa May’s new Brexit battlefield

May’s rash promise to remove the UK from the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice will come back to haunt her

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"Corbyn is engaged in helping them secure hard Brexit, just as he is engaged in helping May deliver it."

Corbyn actively works with May to force through hard Brexit

Lord Hain is right, Corbyn is on the wrong side of the argument

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"There's just not much going on. Corbyn offers no hope."

Week in Review: Will the last person in Corbyn’s office turn out the lights?

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Paul Nuttall in Stoke yesterday. If the Ukip leader can't succeed in this seat, he'll struggle anywhere.

Stoke by-election: Ukip are finished, it’s time to put them to sleep

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"It is perfectly likely that we are seeing the start of a decline in migration as a result of Brexit."

The reduction in migration numbers is a British tragedy

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Blair: The Second Coming

Week in Review: The Second Coming of Tony Blair

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Theresa May answers a question during a press briefing at the EU Summit in Brussels last October

Everything you need to know about Theresa May’s Article 50 nightmare in five minutes

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"The Article 50 bill was left unamended when it went to the Lords."

Week in Review: Parliament removes its own teeth

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"Parliament had to have the courts stand up for its right to even authorise the triggering of Article 50. Now that it has it, it does not seem ready to rock the boat."

Government easily defeats four Article 50 amendments

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"Given her performance over the last week, we should prepare for disaster."

Week in Review: Prepare yourself for disaster

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How many positions can Downing Street come up with before lunchtime?

How many positions on the Trump visit can No.10 invent?

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"Theresa May has an enormous Trump-shaped problem on her hands."

Trumped: May left damaged by early contact with president

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"May and Trump will emerge today brandishing promises of a trade deal in the near future. But this is mostly PR."

Week in review: Theresa and Donald, sitting in a tree…

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