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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Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide: David Cameron's memoirs dominated the news this week.

Week in Review: The endless attempt to escape David Cameron

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Jeremy Corbyn delivers a speech to the Scottish Trades Union Congress. His position on Brexit has shifted in recent months.

Corbyn is offering Remainers a shot at what they want – they should take it

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Despite heightened chatter about a deal, the basic underlying difficulties make it as unlikely as ever.

Week in Review: A deal is as unlikely as ever

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Bercow starts to cry as he thanks his wife and children for their support.

Bercow resignation: He was the right man in the right place at the right time

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Clinging to reality when things get weird

Week in Review: Clinging to reality under a post-truth government

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Johnson cut a strained-looking figure at the speech this afternoon.

Johnson’s nightmare: This is not how it was supposed to go

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Boris Johnson gazes upwards during tonight's debate

Checkmate: Labour rejects Johnson’s election gambit

Boris Johnson’s attempt to force an election has failed, after Jeremy Corbyn refused to support it. So what happens now?

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Protests took place outside parliament as the debate happened in the Commons.

Historic rebel victory: Parliament moves to stop no-deal

Boris Johnson was the first prime minister to lose his very first Commons vote since 1894, after a night of high political drama.

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Johnson stands outside No.10 as he made a statement this afternoon

Lies, threats and deja-vu: Johnson opts for Theresa May’s No.10 statement gambit

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Tory Leninism: Any sense of conservation has been lost from the Conservative party.

Week in Review: The battle against Tory Leninism

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Proroguing parliament? Johnson plan only limits time MPs have to stop no-deal

Prorogue: The government takes its shot

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Boris Johnson's European trip: Fawlty Towers at the level of international diplomacy

Week in Review: The UK goes full Basil Fawlty

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Greta Thunberg before she began her voyage to the US on the Malizia II.

Week in Review: Greta refuses to know her place

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Psychological warfare: But warnings about no-deal powerlessness don't stack up.

Psychological warfare over no-deal masks a strategic vulnerability

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Coming storm: MPs on their summer holiday should spare a thought for the battle when they get back

Week in Review: The coming storm

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New Lib Dem MP Jane Dodds celebrates with supporters as she wins the the Brecon and Radnorshire by-election

Week in Review: The Remain alliance claims its first scalp

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Time loop: The same Brexit approach, with the same rhetoric. But different hair.

Week in Review: Brexit deja-vu – but with messier hair

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Johnson outside No.10 after he returns from seeing the Queen

Johnson’s time as prime minister starts with a nationalist slur against his critics

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Departure: May leaves Downing Street for the last time with her husband

May exit report: A terrible premiership with little to recommend it

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