Ian Dunt
Editor of Politics.co.uk. Author of Brexit: What The Hell Happens Now? Host on @RemainiacsCast. Says stuff on TV & radio.
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This prime minister was destroyed by Brexit. And the next one will be too.
Theresa May is now in the endgame of her leadership. But the person who follows her will face the same problems and the same ruin.
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This prime minister was destroyed by Brexit. And the next one will be too
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The Remain strategy: Region-by-region voting guide
A cut-out-and-keep voting guide for Remainers trying to work out how to vote this week in the 2019 European elections.
Just in case you're interested, this is what the European parliament actually does
We are electing MEPS into one of the most unusual and influential parliaments in the world. This is how it works.
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Oh hi. Just in case you're interested, we've taken the unusual step of talking about what it is MEPs actually do when you elect them. Crazy I know.
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Up close and personal with the Brexit party pyramid scheme
Attending Nigel Farage rallies for the Brexit party during the European elections reveals a world of genuine frustration and misplaced anger.
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How to wipe the smile off Farage's face: Get young voters to turn out this week. Latest from @chris_allnutt
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National Poll - Best for Britain đź—ł
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Remainers: this an incredibly useful resource for your vote. Massive @BestForBritain poll shows how Remain parties are doing on a regional basis
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Week in Review: A complete and utter waste of seven weeks
Cross party Brexit talks between Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn fall apart, exactly as predicted, with nothing to show for them except some meaningless half-formed ideas about non-existent customs unions.
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The Labour-Tory talks have been a pitiless waste of time. The only end-product we have seen from them, a bit of paper with nonsense about imaginary customs unions, is a logical crime scene
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Revealed: Secret May and Corbyn plan to block second referendum
A bombshell leaked document today reveals that Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn have discussed secret plans to block a second referendum and to stage a series of votes designed to ensure Parliament agrees a Brexit plan. The leaked memo, shown to the...
THE EVE OF THE WAR with special guest Stephen Bush of the New Statesman
As the EU Election clock ticks remorselessly down to zero we’re joined by the New Statesman’s political editor **STEPHEN BUSH** to survey the campaign so far and predict the upshot. What will Labou...
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NEW REMAINIACS: ft the rather marvellous @stephenkb, a cut-out-and-keep in depth Remainer voting guide for the European elections, and the usual helpings of horror, outrage and despair
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Nigel Farage’s claims of BBC bias are part of his act – journalists shouldn’t play along
Journalists need to learn that tackling the image of people like Nigel Farage is now as important as challenging the content.
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Nigel Farage’s claims of BBC bias are part of his act – journalists shouldn’t play along
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The polls are clear – Labour’s Brexit tactics are failing spectacularly | Peter Kellner
The party is haemorrhaging remain voters, says pollster Peter Kellner
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'One central fact is now beyond dispute: The recent slump in Labour’s support has been caused by the desertion of voters who want the UK to stay in the European Union.'
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Probation privatisation debacle: Crazed obsession with the market fails again
Another disaster to add to Grayling's record. But the lessons go further than just one man.
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Grayling's disastrous probation privatisation programme is finally reversed. Service being taken back into public ownership
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Fourth time lucky: May's pitiful gambit
Prime minister worsens her own situation by planning to hold a fourth vote on her deal, but it's line with her usual strategic inadequacy.
Both parties frozen in terror as Brexit destroys the system
The whole edifice of British politics is being torn apart, and both party leaders are so inadequate they can only sit and watch it happen.
Time for the Tories to sober up
The Conservative party is now staring into oblivion, but even ditching Theresa May won't change anything.
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.@jonlis1 on Theresa May's extraordinary ability to take whatever shit Brexit is throwing at her and make it ten-times worse politics.co.uk/comment-analys… pic.twitter.com/zCiJUFeETw
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The secret to stopping Brexit: keep it simple | Brexit | The Guardian
The Lib Dems have schooled Change UK with their direct, unambiguous message, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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'Despite the fragmentation of the remain camp, there are signs that the cause itself is gaining ground'
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Week in Review: Stasis is underpriced
The best possible assumption in Brexit is that the most boring thing imaginable is the most likely to occur.
The Brexit party is a post-politics entity
NIgel Farage's Brexit party has no policy, no arguments and no ideas. Instead it is running on an emotional narrative of betrayal.
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The Brexit party is Britain's first truly post-politics entity. It is not based on reason or on policy. It is based on emotions and conspiracy theory
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Register to vote - GOV.UK
Get on the electoral register so you can vote in elections and referendums.
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Today is the last day to register for European elections. For Brits, it;s fine, just get on here now and sort it. Will take five mins.
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Disenfranchised: How EU citizens were stopped from voting in the European elections
Bureaucratic faff and institutional confusion has served to stop Europeans participating in the upcoming elections.
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Disenfranchisement by cock-up: How EU citizens were stopped from voting in the European elections
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Ascent Of Man, episode 11 - Knowledge Or Certainty
The ending sequence from episode 11 of Jacob Bronowski's excellent 1973 series, The Ascent Of Man. It was commissioned for the then new BBC Channel 2 by Davi...
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This is the ending of that episode. It's one of the finest few minutes of telly the BBC ever broadcast
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