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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Cannabis: Big medical differences between hash and skunk

What media reports on the new cannabis study don’t tell you

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Blocked: Is MoJ preventing the release of embarrassing information?

MoJ refuses to release information on legal aid cuts

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Corporate death? It may be the Tories who have the greater problem with big business

Pick of the Week: The Tories’ problems with big business

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Coffins with the bodies of immigrants who died trying to reach the Italian coast arrive from Lampedusa in Porto Empedocle where they will be buried in cemeteries

We’re killing them: UN puts blame for migrant boat deaths on search and rescue cuts

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People hold candles during a vigil for three young Muslims killed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, last night in Washington

‘Muslim Lives Matter’ protest outside BBC is deeply misguided

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Support for the reform of drugs laws continues to grow

Hung parliaments could break Labour-Tory stranglehold on drug policy

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Simon Hughes: Is anyone at the MoJ listening?

Is anyone at the MoJ listening to Simon Hughes?

A review called five months ago is nowhere to be seen. Is the department ignoring its own minister’s requests?

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Child abuse: Are children silenced by institutions?

Could children in prisons be the next abuse scandal?

As child abuse scandals sweep the country, we ask if we’re doing enough to protect children in prisons

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Specialist prison officers prepare to enter the Harmondsworth detention centre in 2006 following a large-scale disturbance

The horror in detention centres won’t be fixed by a narrow review

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The many errors of Tristram Hunt

Pick of the Week: Tristram Hunt’s many slip-ups

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Multinational corporations are being advised on minimising their taxes, according to the PAC committee

PwC promoting tax avoidance ‘on an industrial scale’

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Members of the European parliament hold 'Je Suis Charlie' signs last month. But bravery on drug laws is often lacking on the continent.

Why is Europe refusing to change course on drugs?

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Hear no evil: Rule 35 fails to protect torture victims

Rule 35: How Britain knowingly detains victims of torture

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Justice: But has enough planning gone into today's announcement?

Not even the MoJ understands what it is doing today

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Police fire Tasers as they break through a barricade during evictions from Dale Farm travellers camp in 2011

Police say they need tasers to combat terror – but where’s the evidence?

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Book ban undone: After nearly a year of campaigning, the book ban finally comes to an end

Prisoner book ban comes to an end

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The power of the migrant vote: But will it be recognised by parties and migrants themselves?

Migrant voters could help swing the election result

*Comment & Analysis

British actor David Oyelowo inhabits the role of Martin Luther King in a way American actors might have struggled with

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Chris Grayling at the Tory party conference last year

The mystery of Chris Grayling’s expenses

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