Ian Dunt Audiobooks

How Westminster Works: British government explained by a journalist out of patience

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Who is Ian Dunt?

Ian Dunt (born 1982) is a British political journalist, author and broadcaster, and one of the sharpest explainers of how this country is actually governed. He writes as a columnist for The i Paper, having spent many years as editor of politics.co.uk, and he is a familiar voice in political audio: formerly a host on the Remainiacs podcast, now co-host of Origin Story alongside Dorian Lynskey, with regular contributions to Late Night Live on ABC Radio National.

Dunt’s beat is the machinery of British politics – not the daily soap opera of who is up and who is down, but the systems grinding away underneath. It is precisely that focus, delivered with unusual clarity and no small amount of exasperation, that has earned him his audience.

Ian Dunt in audiobooks

How Westminster Works… and Why It Doesn’t is the Dunt title in our catalogue, and the title carries the whole thesis: an anatomy of British government by someone who has spent a career watching it at close range, written with the impatience of a man who believes it could genuinely be better. In audio it benefits from his parallel life as a podcaster – this is analysis built for the speaking voice, argumentative, quick and clear. For UK listeners who want to understand why our politics feels the way it does, rather than simply shout at it, this is among the most useful political listens on the site.