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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

Mike Penning’s performance was the most incompetent in recent Commons memory

The minister in charge of the legal highs bill doesn’t understand his own legislation

*Blog

Police are directing their resources on more important matters than chasing cannabis users

As police turn away from cannabis, MPs invent even more drug laws

*Blog

Given it was just Corbyn's second PMQs, it was impressive stuff

PMQs verdict: Corbyn is slowly learning how to defeat Cameron

*Blog

The immigration bill could seen children thrown onto the streets

How Cameron’s compassionate Britain forces children into destitution

*Blog

Cannabis is the great snickering joke of drug laws

Today’s cannabis debate shows how irrational Westminster has become

*Blog

Cameron: His best speech as Tory leader?

Cameron’s speech shows how Corbyn is making this a more left-wing country

*Blog

Delegates take a break outside the Conservative Party's annual conference in Manchester on Monday

Tories are jubilant but there’s no heart to their conference

Inside the conference secure zone is a nightmarish world in which everyone looks exactly the same

*Blog

Hatred towards the media comes from all sides of the political divide

Hatred of the press is reaching toxic levels

The distrust and agitation towards the media is increasingly mainstream

*Blog

The armies of online censors can be terrifying

Feminist backlash against the censors shows tide turning in free speech debate

*Blog

Corbyn has energised the Labour party conference

Corbyn has brought party conference back to life

*Blog

Jeremy Corbyn makes first keynote conference speech as Labour leader

Corbyn’s speech confirmed the main argument of his critics

*Blog

The presentation of this early stage of Corbyn leadership is spin

Straight-talking? The subtleties of Corbyn spin

*Blog

The debate over Trident's successor is dead.

Corbyn’s Trident defeat means Britain will break international law

*Comment & Analysis

Tim Farron: "Even when we are insiders we are outsiders"

Farron’s speech was brilliantly delivered – but terribly misjudged

*Blogs

Is the new Lib Dem leader underestimating the task ahead of him?

Continuity Clegg: Farron starts the great Corbyn-inspired U-turn

*Blogs

Liberal Democrats "a party with eight seats behaving as if it was leading negotiations at the UN"

If a Lib Dem conference takes place and no-one realises, did it really happen?

*Blogs

Nick Clegg: Unrepentant about his time as Liberal Democrat leader

Even after everything, Lib Dems still love Nick Clegg

*Comment & Analysis

PMQs as-it-happens

Jeremy Corbyn’s first PMQs as-it-happens

*Blog

Jeremy Corbyn holds up a newspaper article as he speaks at a rally for supporters on August 25, 2015 in Southampton

Corbyn’s refusal to speak to the media is ending his leadership before it even begins

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