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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

*Comment & Analysis

Ed Miliband: How much cut-throat do you have to do before people believe it?

The Week in Review: This could be the end of the way we do business

*Blog

Smoking is sexy: You know it. Everyone knows it.

The glory of smoking

News

Put it out: The plain packs policy appears to have been scrapped.

Plain packs: Was Lynton Crosby behind the decision to ditch them?

News

The challenges of being a clown: Boris comes clean.

Boris’ confession: The challenge of being a clown

News

The anti-Bercow club looking to cause trouble on the Tory benches.

‘B******ed By Bercow’: Anti-Speaker club plans parliamentary protest

*Blog

Class consciousness and MPs' pay

Why the ‘best people’ make the worst MPs

News

Clegg and Miliband oppose pay rise

Miliband and Clegg turn down pay rise – but will Cameron?

David Cameron was coming under increasing pressure to rule out taking a pay rise today, after plans for a major 11% salary boost for MPs were unveiled.

*Comment & Analysis

The taint of corruption around British party funding is at the centre of the growing row

PMQs verdict: Battered and bruised, but Miliband’s winning the long game

Miliband’s announcement of reforms to party funding wasn’t enough to defend him against Cameron, but he’s in the right place to win the long game.

News

Not so bad after all? Inequality in the UK is falling according to the ONS.

It’s official: The rich are getting poorer and inequality is falling

News

Trade unionists on a London march earlier this year.

Union leader: Just 10% of our members would join Labour

News

Brits with foreign spouses must earn £18,600 before they can bring them to the UK.

Revealed: The financial cost of Theresa May’s immigration policy

News

Dark times: the public sense that corruption has increased over the last two years

Public believe corruption growing under the coalition

News

Not so bad after all: The public grossly overestimates crime, benefits and teenage pregnancy

Cheer up: It’s better than you think

*Comment & Analysis

Ian Dunt: 'Major sporting events often act as conscious or subconscious parables of national virility.'

Comment: Salmond’s cheap Wimbledon trick shows the cynicism behind the smile

News

Tory grassroots still looking to Ukip

Toying with Ukip: Rare Tory members poll paints despairing picture

News

Cameron and Salmond before the victory

‘Bit naff’: Salmond loses his sheen over Wimbledon photobomb

*Comment & Analysis

Bercow's fury: The week online

The Political Week Online: Bercow’s put downs & Watson’s playlists

*Comment & Analysis

There's really no reason to put a cat picture here. We just did it for the traffic.

The Week in Review: Fear and loathing on a winning week for the Tories

News

Ipsa has been a major source of controversy among MPs, but they may be more fond of its decision next week

Ipsa boss warns Cameron and Clegg to stay out of his way

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