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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"You might ask why the government bothered to even bring the case in the first place, given no-one ever thought it would lose a vote in parliament."

Theresa May will be quietly pleased with the Supreme Court judgement

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"This was all classic double-think: What she did was in direct opposition to what she said. And yet the press bought it."

Week in Review: Britain’s double-think prime minister

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Theresa May speaking at Lancaster House, where she outlined her plans for Brexit.

Extreme Brexit: This was May’s last moment of control

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The new alliance? Troubling reports emerge of Russian connections to the incoming Trump administration

Week in Review: Trump, Putin and the Brexit subplot

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The free movement mystery: What actually does Labour think?

We may never find out what Corbyn’s position on Brexit is

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"This is a dangerous moment for team May."

Week in review: New year, new you, new political disasters

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False choice: Liberal Leavers and Remainers could come together on an Efta option

Liberal Brexiters and Remainers can work together

What if moderates on the Leave and Remain side of the Brexit debate could come together?

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"It's now 2017 and everything seems unchanged from where we were when Theresa May entered Downing Street."

One day in Brexitland: No plan, no capacity and very little time

By the time the government figures out what’s going on, the damage will already be done

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"Anyone could see that Trump was unfit for office."

Can you call Trump voters idiots?

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"Deep in Liam Fox's new Department for International Trade, civil servants are hopefully hard at work on our tariff rate quotas."

If Liam Fox messes up, we’re all in deep trouble

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Davis admits he wants closest possible access to single market

Decoding David Davis: The govt knows it is about to make us poorer

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Boris Johnson: Rather too many No.10 slap downs

Week in Review: Boris on the way out?

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"Liam Fox released a very revealing statement yesterday."

Very quietly, Liam Fox admits the Brexit lie

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Zac Goldsmith looks dejected during a speech by victorious Lib Dem candidate Sarah Olney last night

Richmond byelection shock: Theresa May’s Brexit weakness revealed

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"No-one says the reality, which is that these figures are proof of the extraordinary success of multicultural Britain"

Immigration stats: The last hurrah of a successful country

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"The government still refuses to discuss an interim plan. The reason? Paranoia"

If the Brexit note is accurate, we’re in serious trouble

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"This is the reality of Brexit: Slower growth, higher borrowing, falling tax receipts and soaring inflation"

Autumn statement: The reality of Brexit hits home

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"Farage really has tried every way to get into power over his career and consistently failed. Now he thinks he has found a route."

Farage revealed: Ukip leader wants UK to be a servant of Trump’s US

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"The prime minister has prioritised the crazed demands of the right-wingers of her party - on whose support she is reliant - over the national interest"

May’s refusal to try for an interim Brexit deal led her to this disaster

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