Politics.co.uk

Politics.co.uk is a news and feature website focussing on British politics.[1] For almost a decade up until the summer of 2021, the site was edited by the political journalist, Ian Dunt.[2] Dunt has since returned as editor-at-large.[3] Adam Bienkov, the political editor at Business Insider, was previously the deputy editor of politics.co.uk.[4][5]

Politics.co.uk
Politics.co.uk homepage screenshot, 9 July 2022.
Type of site
News website
Founded2002
OwnerSenate Media
EditorIan Dunt
URLwww.politics.co.uk

History

Politics.co.uk has been covering British politics for over twenty years since it was first established in 2002, and is owned by the digital publishing company, Senate Media.[6]

In an interview with politics.co.uk during the 2010 General Election, then Prime Minister, Gordon Brown appeared to support tactical voting in that year's UK General Election stating, "I want everyone to vote Labour", before adding, "But if people don't want a Conservative government then they must make sure they don't let the Conservatives in".[7]

In 2013, the then UKIP MEP, Godfrey Bloom, attracted controversy after writing an opinion article on politics.co.uk in which he claimed women were more suited to finding "mustard in the pantry" than driving cars.[8] Shortly after his 2,000 word article, Bloom lost the UKIP whip.

Political outlook

Politics.co.uk itself states that it is politically independent.[9] However, it was previously seen to have adopted a strongly anti-Brexit stance under Dunt's editorship. In 2017, Dunt wrote the book Brexit: What The Hell Happens Now?[10]

References
  1. "Political News Headlines, political reference, political resource, UK politics, latest political news, MP, politics.co.uk". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  2. "Ian Dunt | The Guardian". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  3. "Ian Dunt, Author at Politics.co.uk". Politics.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  4. "Adam Bienkov | The Guardian". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  5. "Adam Bienkov - Insider". Business Insider. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  6. Publishing, Bloomsbury (2020-07-23). Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2021. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4729-6815-9.
  7. "The Full Election Story: 9 April". 2010-04-10. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  8. Pitel, Laura. "Feminists are ridiculed by 'bongo bongo' UKIP man Godfrey Bloom". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  9. "About Politics.co.uk". Politics.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  10. Dunt, Ian (2017-10-31). Brexit: What the Hell Happens Now?. ISBN 978-0-9954978-5-6.
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