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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

*Blog

Delegates to the Scottish Labour party conference listen in silence. The fiery debates which used to typify conferences are a thing of the past.

Until Labour becomes democratic, it doesn’t deserve your membership

*Blog

Grayling will become leader of the House, while Gove takes the justice post

Finally: Grayling is gone – but can we trust his successor?

*Blog

Blairism: No solution to Labour's woes

Blairism offers no hope for Labour

*Blog

They're behind you: Cameron's backbenchers will be significantly strengthened by the election

Cameron will now be held hostage by the right

*Blogs

Deadline: General election 2015 live blog

General election 2015: As it happened

*Blog

Sadiq Khan: 'I understand the tension... but living in a civilised country, I quite like this tension'

Sadiq Khan: Labour won’t be scared of taking on multinationals

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Sadiq Khan: 'I understand the tension... but living in a civilised country, I quite like this tension'

Sadiq Khan: Labour won’t be scared of taking on multinationals

Our in depth interview with Sadiq Khan, in which the shadow justice secretary lays out his party’s priorities for legal aid, judicial review, prisons and private involvement in public services.

*Comment & Analysis

Farage: Nowhere to be found in Thanet, but frequently on the despised BBC

The ghost of Farage hangs over Thanet

Ukip leader Nigel Farage is nowhere to be found in the Thanet South seat he is trying to win – but his presence can be felt everywhere

*Blog

The Commons at his back: Miliband will have an easier time forming a government after the election

Even with fewer seats, Labour makes the best case for legitimate government

News

Google poll: Does search translate to votes?

Google poll: Labour close the gap with Tories

*Blog

Nick Clegg did not talk down to the audience

Clegg was the surprise winner of the Question Time debate

*Blog

Why Miliband was right to talk to Russell Brand

*Blog

Locked up: Many people are detained for years on end

Two down, one to go: Tories isolated on indefinite detention of asylum seekers

*Blog

Miliband turns his back on anti-Tory alliance

Miliband turns his back on a centre-left alliance

*Blog

Nicola Sturgeon and Fleet Street's finest

Pick of the Week: Sturgeon and media sexism

*Blog

Cameron bears responsibility for UK government decision to end support for search-and-rescue

Cameron bears responsibility for migrant boat deaths – but Miliband isn’t brave enough to say it

*Blog

Afghanistan: Reports suggest security has fallen apart since UK and US departure

Afghan deportations cancelled at last minute ahead of possible UK policy change

*Blog

Italian minister Graziano Delrio shakes hands with a migrant standing on the deck of a boat carrying 27 survivors of the migrant shipwreck

This isn’t a migrant rescue plan – it’s an EU border-control plan

News

Coffins with the bodies of immigrants who died trying to reach the Italian coast arrive from Lampedusa, after a similar tragedy last February

Greens take Cameron to task over refugee boat tragedy

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