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

*Blogs

Alex Salmond conceding defeat this morning.

Scottish referendum aftermath: Analysis

*Blog

A demo for the union in Trafalgar Square. But is it too little too late?

Why would anyone still love Britain?

*Blog

Murdoch: One of Salmond's many friends who do not chime with his PR

The right-wing business tycoons behind Alex Salmond’s independence campaign

*Blog

Sexual assault in prison: More common than previously thought?

Thousands may be sexually abused behind bars – but MoJ still blocks the inquiry

*Comment & Analysis

The deep, deep sleep of England: Time to wake up

Week in Review: England finally wakes up

News

Clegg backs decentralisation project as Britain's constitutional arrangements tremble

It begins: Clegg backs plan to devolve power to English cities

*Blog

Barbed wire: Events behind the fence at Morton Hall are hard to piece together

How did a detainee die in Morton Hall immigration centre?

However Rubel Ahmed died, he was a victim of Morton Hall detention centre

*Blog

Cannabis: Semi-decriminalisation does more harm than good

Britain secretly decriminalised cannabis – and it’s a disaster

How a bit of under-the-table liberalism sucked even more young black and Asian kids into the criminal justice system

News

Three amigos? Cameron, Clegg and Miliband fight to save the union

Scottish independence gamble as party leaders quit PMQs

*Blog

Drug reform: From theory to practice

Drug law reform isn’t theory anymore – it’s practise

*Blog

The problem isn't Britain, it's Westminster

Our Britain was never about Westminster

News

Clegg has pushed hard on drug reform since a visit to Colombia, where he met former guerrilla fighters and victims of the conflict in the country

Lib Dems ready to decriminalise all drugs

*Blog

$Caroline Lucas, MP for Brighton, is arrested at an anti-fracking protest$

Are the Greens the only left-wing party left in Britain?

*Blog

Drug use in prison: Smoking preferred

Black Mamba: The truth about drugs in jail

*Comment & Analysis

Whisky exports: Four times as much value as food

One more for the road: Whisky industry fears prospect of Scottish independence

News

Grayling is surrounded by a silent protest over the prisoner book ban during an appearance in parliament. 98% of probation workers say they have lost faith in him.

98% of probation workers have no confidence in Chris Grayling

*Blog

David Cameron is escorted around the Scrubs in 2012. Since then suicides at the prison have shot up.

The trouble with Wormwood Scrubs: How Grayling created a disaster in the prison system

News

Salmond: Within touching distance of victory?

Fears of disorder as Yes surges to record high in referendum poll

*Blog

A police officer stands in Downing Street on the day Theresa May announced today the terror threat level was being raised to 'severe'.

Cameron’s response to Isil: Weak abroad, draconian at home

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