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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Javid and Johnson embrace during the election last year. This morning, the chancellor resigned.

The grip tightens: Javid resignation shows even scrutiny within govt is fading

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No more Brexit: Johnson bans the word from future govt communication

Week in Review: Control the language, break reality

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Johnson visits to the Industry Centre at the University of Sunderland on Friday.

Lies, blame, rewriting history: Welcome to day one of Brexit talks

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The end of the dream. The start of the resistance.

The end of the dream. The start of the resistance.

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One way street: Govt rejects even the most moderate amendments to the Brexit bill

Week in Review: No compromise as Johnson drives through the most brutal Brexit imaginable

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A week's worth of debate on Big Ben's bongs.

Week in Review: The madness over Big Ben’s bongs is a symbol of the horror to come

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Reset: The Brexit debate now starts again, on different terms.

Week in Review: Make them own it

The battle to frame the narrative of what comes next.

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Boris Johnson returns to the Commons after the Christmas break

With his majority in place, Johnson chips away at EU citizen’s rights

In every case the government follows the same tactic: Make life for EU citizens less secure, and give itself the broadest possible powers.

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Rejoin: Not short-term, but not long-term either

The future of British Europeanism

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Jeremy Corbyn and his wife Laura Alvarez wait for the declaration of his seat as Labour seats fell across the country.

A night of horror: Now the fight for the left begins

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Boris Johnson during a visit to Globus Group in Stretford, Manchester, while on the campaign trail

The last days of hope

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The anti-immigrant agenda: Tory fixation on free movement fed through campaign.

Week in Review: Johnson’s daily drip-feed of poison about immigrants

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Puny Hulk: The prime minister is running away from scrutiny

Week in Review: Whatever happened to the Incredible Hulk?

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Stuck in a maze: British govt makes same Brexit mistakes all over again.

Strapped-in and outplayed: How Boris Johnson’s Brexit plan undermines Britain

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Michael Gove's interview this week saw him challenge the integrity of the journalist questioning him.

Week in Review: Tory disinformation campaign intensifies

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Party politics: All three national parties hold contradictory positions

Week in Review: Nothing these people say makes the least bit of sense

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Jeremy Corbyn gives a speech at MediaCityUK in Salford in September. Allegations of anti-semitism continue to dog his leadership.

Week in Review: The moral horror of the Labour anti-semitism issue

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Jacob Rees-Mogg is under fire for comments about Grenfell.

Wave of scandal: The Tory party is becoming a sewer

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John Bercow has a selfie taken with a woman on Westminster Bridge, just before his last session as speaker on Thursday.

Week in Review: Tributes to the departed

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