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

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Small change: New trade deals wouldn't add up to a substantial saving for shoppers

Those post-Brexit tariff cuts will only reduce costs by 1.2%

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David Davis addresses journalists as Michel Barnier looks on during their press conference today.

Brexit transition: The can is kicked further down the road

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Corbyn during PMQs. The Labour leader's response to the nerve attack has reopened party wounds.

Week in Review: Nerve agent attack sees Corbyn fall down the rabbit hole

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Return to the Cold War

Week in Review: Back to the Cold War

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May speech: Last ditch attempt to improve position before business end of talks begins.

The snowed-in speech: May pedals furiously down a dead end

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European Commission negotiator Michel Barnier sits with Davis in No.10 last month.

Davis’ failure is now apparently his greatest weapon

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"If they do not like it, they should propose an alternative"

N.Ireland isn’t being ‘annexed’ – Brexit chickens are coming home to roost

All the EU is doing is presenting the legal reality of the UK’s own demands

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"Corbyn is raising issues he thinks he can secure a presentational win on"

Labour’s new Brexit policy: Choose your own adventure

The Brexit policy Corbyn is pursuing is either very cynical or highly strategic – you decide

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"European aviation is British success story, but that success is now a hostage of Brexit."

Aviation cliff-edge: How Brexit is sabotaging a British success story

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"The charity sector should look closely at what is happening here"

Week in review: Oxfam could be charity world’s MP expenses scandal

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A float featuring Theresa May is seen during the annual Rose Monday parade last Monday in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Damning report shows how empty May’s Brexit threats are

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"The foreign secretary apparently wants to bring Remainers and Leavers together in a vision of a 'liberal Brexit'"

There’s nothing liberal about Brexit

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"The report suggests a phased reduction of tariffs on all items from any country on earth"

Tariff sabotage: Free market extremists hijack Brexit trade chaos

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"The ferocious focus on George Soros in the British press this week felt alien"

Week in Review: Soros attack is the logical end-point of Brexit paranoia

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"When she announced the snap general election, she targeted Labour, the Lib Dems and the Lords in turn."

May now hates the abuse she did so much to encourage

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"May is going to lose this fight for three reasons"

Theresa May starts another fight she will not finish

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"This was birthed not in a Remainer alcove of the Treasury, but in the Department for Exiting the European Union itself."

The economic case against Brexit is now unarguable

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"As Hammond battened down the hatches against friendly fire, David Davis was preparing a speech on his plans for what happens in the two years after March 2019"

Week in review: Reality is tearing the Tories apart on Brexit

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"If there is specificity about what is happening in the future, the whole endeavour will explode"

The threat of no-deal still hangs over us

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