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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"It is entirely unclear what kind of diplomatic operation the UK has trying to influence these crucial talks as they take place over the next two months"

Week in review: The real news happens backstage

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Brexit secretary David Davis and EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier hold a press conference in summer 2017. The next stage of negotiations will focus on transition.

Everything you need to know about the Brexit endgame in five minutes

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Former education secretary Justine Greening leaves No.10 following her resignation

The reshuffle that wasn’t: May blows it again

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"Johnson's decision to award a regulator power over who student unions are and are not allowed to invite is diabolically stupid"

Week in Review: Another year, another culture war

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May: Three options, all impossible

Ireland chaos: Brexit will either break May now or it’ll break her later

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Customs checkpoint: A threat to the Irish peace process?

Irish border: Nationalist Brexit rhetoric gets ugly

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"Davis could have learned a lot from them, if he'd bothered to meet them."

David Davis refused to meet Brits in Europe ‘countless times’

He is supposed to be fighting for their interests but he won’t even speak to them

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"If anyone can work out why we are behaving in this extraordinary way, please let us know."

Week in Review: Why are we leaving the customs union again?

Leaving the customs union involves an awful lot of pain and absolutely no gain

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Stephen Barclay, Liz Truss, Mel Stride and Andrew Jones leave Philip Hammond with his red box outside 11 Downing Street this morning.

Budget 2017: Hammond paints a portrait of despair

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Members of protocol prepare to put up British and EU flags prior to a conference between Michel Barnier and David Davis last month

Week in Review: Brexiters are their own gravediggers

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Lexit arguments are popular among the Labour leadership, but studies suggest the EU is no impediment to Corbyn's political programme

Everything you need to know about Lexit in five minutes

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"It's worth noting May's instinctive reaction to trouble: she retreats quickly to her Brexit support base"

Week in Review: May traps Britain and calls it freedom

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"What we are seeing is a disturbing pattern of behaviour where misleading statements are issued to the public on a regular basis"

The Lying Game: A disturbing pattern of deceit in Westminster

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Priti Patel stares at Theresa May during a meeting with UN secretary general Antonio Guterres on how to tackle modern day slavery

Britain no longer has a functioning foreign policy

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"In each aspect of government activity you see the same attribute: the requirement of survival above all else"

Week in Review: A government defined by survival

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"The Fallon resignation came as government resistance against the release of the infamous Brexit impact reports collapsed"

Chaos in government: Could Brexit fall apart?

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Davis: Plans for no-deal hit a logical obstacle

David Davis buckles under the reality of no-deal

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"It was clear all along that Article 50, with its crippling timetable and emphasis on the European block's decision-making powers, was in Brussels' interests"

Brexit: There is no such thing as transition

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"It's hard to match up the seriousness of what is happening here with the form it is communicated"

Week in Review: An economy sacrificed at the altar of Brexit

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