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

Off to fight another day: Fox-hunting vote delayed for EVEL purposes

Pick of the Week: Foxhunting, water-cannons and homeopathy

*Blog

Gove is saying the right things for penal reformers - but can he survive a tabloid backlash?

Revolution at the MoJ: But how long until the tabloids take fright?

News

Gove's first speech as justice secretary will see him map out ideas around prisoner education

Prisoners could earn release through education

*Blog

Jeremy Corbyn: Old homeopathy tweet comes back to haunt him

Belief in homeopathy is a moral test

*Comment & Analysis

In the dark: Harman struggles to make a dent against Cameron

PMQS verdict: Harman is right, but it doesn’t save her

News

Michael Gove faces first big test as barristers vote for legal aid action

Tested: Gove faces MP grilling as barrister vote triggers panic in court system

*Blog

The fox: is the hunt really so much crueler than the factory?

We don’t hate fox hunting, we hate posh psychopaths

Is the fox hunting debate really about the fox, or is it about how much we hate the upper classes?

News

Families broken by Britain's drug laws outside parliament demanding reform

Victims of the war on drugs demand meeting with Cameron to call for reform

Families who have lost loved ones to drugs are calling on the prime minister to meet with them to discuss alternatives to current government policy.

*Blog

Banned: Flower merchants could technically be in breach of the law, but are unlikely to be targeted

The funding decision which reveals how useless the legal highs bill is

*Blog

Syriza posters in Greece - but some believe the austerity package forced on the country is a punishment for electing the party

The truth revealed: There can be no freedom in the eurozone

News

Chris Grayling's secure colleges plan has been quietly shelved after the election

MoJ sneaks out cancellation of £85m vanity project

News

Most observers accept Greece needs debt relief, but Merkel is reluctant

London campaigners take to the streets as Syriza gives up on debt relief

*Blog

Osborne prepares to present his Budget to the Commons

Labour’s meekness has given Osborne the cover to savage the working poor

*Blog

Broken marriage: Income rules on spousal visas keep couples apart

As even the Telegraph turns against immigration rules, has the Home Office finally gone too far?

*Blog

Livingstone pays his respects at the memorial to the victims of the 7/7 bombings during the six-year anniversary in 2011

Ken Livingstone was the mayor London needed on 7/7

*Blog

Drug test: Inadvertently drives prisoners onto harder substances

How to cut drug deaths in prison: End drug testing

*Blog

Wasting time and money: Research suggests decriminalisation can cut addiction rates

New report provides more evidence of how drug decriminalisation saves lives

*Blogs

As Athens goes to the polls, has the British left fallen out of love with the EU?

The British left is finally turning against the EU

*Blog

Early research in depression could fall foul of the psychoactive substances bill, experts warn

Legal highs bill savaged by home secretary’s own advisers

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