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

Douglas Carswell on the campaign trail in Clacton. But has Ukip's voice in the immigration debate lowered the tone?

Revealed: How immigrants feel about the immigration debate

*Blog

Angels of our better nature? Campaigners fight for judicial review amid government attack

Very quietly, the coalition tries to dismantle judicial review

*Blog

Locked out: the MoJ won't say who was invited in for talks on child warehouse plans

Critics frozen out of MoJ as Grayling pushes ahead with child warehouse plan

*Blog

Call to justice? UK human rights attack observed overseas

Kenyan leader cites Cameron’s human rights attack as he fights charges in the Hague

*Blog

Protestors old up books during an evidence session with Chris Grayling

Damning annual prison report should make Grayling think again

*Blog

Ricky Reel's family will hold a vigil outside New Scotland Yard tonight

17 years on: Still no justice for the family betrayed by police

News

Justice denied: Campaigners say staff shortages mean inmates can spend 23-hours in their cells

Prison crisis: Scale of officer cuts revealed

Number of officers in public sector prisons has been cut by 41% in less than four years, according to new figures

*Blog

Hammond: Talk of treason suggests emotion rather than reason

Hammond’s call for treason against Isis is an unhelpful temper tantrum

Treason is used to satisfy public outrage. It is of no use in terrorism cases.

*Blog

William R. Brownfield of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs makes a startling press statement

Desperate scenes as drug law enforcers try to preserve the status quo

*Blog

Hyde Park: Committee calls for smoking ban in London's green spaces

Park smoking ban shows how tragically anti-smoking movement lost its way

*Blog

Violence inside: staff shortages make it more likely

Descent into violence: Staff cuts leave young inmates at each other’s mercy

*Blog

Farage is included in TV debates - but the Green party's Natalie Bennett is left out

Why aren’t the Greens in the TV election debate?

*Blog

A Palestinian boy sits on the rubble of a destroyed building following an Israeli air strike in the center of Gaza City on July 22, 2014

A vote against a Palestinian state is a vote for terrorism

*Comment & Analysis

Time up for Westminster? Political parties just don't get it.

Week in Review: Why Westminster just doesn’t get it

*Blog

The Carswell and Farage show: Tensions will bubble to the surface

Prepare for the Ukip civil war

News

Carswell kisses his wife during a dramatic night in British politics which saw him win Clacton for Ukip

No-one is safe: Ukip’s revolution takes Westminster

*Blog

Locked up: Report finds chaos in Wormwood Scrubs

Staff cuts create havoc in Wormword Scrubs

*Blog

Use of force? Panel suggests role for new techniques in family removals

Home Office urged to use force against detained children

*Blog

Clegg pretends to be Che Guevara, but he is more establishment than he thinks

Clegg’s speech defended the very establishment he claims to despise

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