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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Blocked: New rules could tighten up Freedom of Information - despite powerful exceptions to disclosure under existing arrangements

Gove offensive reveals behind-the-scenes Tory attack on Freedom of Information

*Comment & Analysis

Don't cry for me Boris, you were our pick of the week

Pick of the Week: Don’t cry for me, Boris

*Blog

Drugs evidence: Blanket ban scraps last vestiges of harm-based policy

The government is silencing its own drug experts

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Complascent? Cameron's analysis only goes as far as extremism - not the causes of extremism

We are all victims of Cameron’s complacency on terrorism

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Blair masks outside the Iraq Inquiry. Chilcot cannot even give a timetable of when it might be published.

Chilcot accused of ‘betraying’ Iraq victims as anger grows over report delay

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Kendall: Political ideas are weak but she is the most likeable of the candidates

Labour hustings verdict: The candidates are awful, but Kendall is probably the least awful

*Comment & Analysis

First of many? Osborne takes the wheel for PMQs

PMQs verdict: Small slip-up aside, Osborne survives dangerous encounter

Chancellor George Osborne needed to be neither too good nor too bad during his first PMQs – and he just about managed it

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Abortion is a far less emotive topic in Britain than it is in other parts of the world, but campaigners worry that aggressive tactics by campaigners are going unchallenged

Home Office silent amid campaign of intimidation against abortion clinics

Calls grow for buffer zones as Home Office ignores aggressive campaign of harassment

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King John signs Magna Carta - even as a fairy story, it has political impact

Cameron has betrayed every principle he mentions in his Magna Carta speech

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Fast-track: Campaigners have long said the restrictions of the system make it impossible for asylum seekers to get a fair hearing

Asylum fast-track system is illegal, high court finds

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What's the worst British law of all time?

What’s the worst British law of all time?

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Spying on its citizens: Those wanting action on Snowden revelations will be disappointed by report

Tories face tough snoopers’ charter battle as independent reviewer finally lives up to his name

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Staring at defeat? Few have many hopes for Labour in 2020

Labour can win in 2020 – but it has to pause this leadership contest

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Cameron leaves an EU summit in 2012: His pledge of a referendum will only have temporarily pacified his backbenchers

The Tory civil war begins now

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Jean Charles de Menezes: No prosecutions pursued after his death

Jean Charles de Menezes case could spark new human rights battle

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Happy go lucky: Laughing gas is taken through balloons and is very popular among young people

Legal high ban shows Tories are ‘miserable sods’, former advisor says

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Morgan is forcing through the academies programme by stripping away public powers of scrutiny

Parents to be stripped of power to challenge academies

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Kennedy got it right on coalition, but found himself isolated on the issue at the time

Charles Kennedy was right about almost everything

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Breath freshener could be against the law if the psychoactive substances bill is passed

Things you own which the legal highs bill is going to make illegal

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