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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Theresa May will face questions about why up to £180,000 was spent on a failed deportation.

‘No competence or humanity’: Labour breaks its silence on Isa Muazu deportation

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A scene from the protest outside the Home Office yesterday. © Guy Smallman: http://guy-smallman-photos.photoshelter.com/

Sentenced to death? May deports starving man ‘to make political point’

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Khat is very popular in many African communities

Theresa May humiliated as MPs reject call to ban khat

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Protesters outside the Home Office this afternoon demand mercy for Muazu

Isa Muazu: Campaigners pin hopes on last-minute injunction

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Boris celebrates greed as economic motivator

Boris’ worst day: Mayor attacked by friends and enemies for ‘greed is good’ speech

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Justice: Lawyers plot a rearguard defence against deportation

Exclusive: Muazu’s fate rests on rearguard legal defence

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PMQs as-it-happened

PMQs as-it-happened

All the twists and turns from this week’s PMQs.

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Ian Dunt: 'Politics is not about designing perfect systems. It's about priorities.'

Comment: The case that tells us what kind of country Britain is

He cannot stand or see, but this week we will deport Isa Muazu and dump him in Nigeria, where he fears being targeted by Islamic extremists.

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Smoking outside the hospital gate: Nice demands crackdown

Hospital staff should be banned from smoking, new guidance suggests

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Cameron: Questions free movement in the EU

At the eleventh hour, Cameron buckles on Bulgarian immigration

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Appeal for clemency: Theresa May urged to halt deportation

Deadline for deportation: Home secretary must show mercy or ‘consider her position’

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Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon at today's press conference.

Everything you need to know about the Scottish independence white paper in five minutes

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Virgin: Under pressure over deportation programme

‘In the name of justice and mercy’: Bishop demands Theresa May cancels hunger strike deportation

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Sturgeon and Salmond: fortune in referendum rests on white paper

Salmond’s big gamble: Can his plan for an independent Scotland survive the counter-attack?

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Laying down the law: HS2 bill is the longest ever seen

Massive HS2 bill expected to spark flurry of public protest

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Demonstrators hold a vigil outside Harmondsworth Detention Centre, where Muazu is held

Starving asylum seeker loses appeal against deportation

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Theresa May: No reply to letter calling for mercy

Hunger strike: Theresa May ignores appeals for mercy from MPs

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Cameron is ready for a fight, but the polls don't look good.

Week in Review: The truth that dare not speak its name

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Nick Harvey: 'This election is Labour's to lose.'

Lib Dem MP: ‘Labour has already won’

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