The Rant Mistress

"Get Brexit done!" That's what cut through at this election as swathes of once-safe Labour seats fell to the Conservative ...

Hopes were high for post-local election gloating for both major parties, particularly in London. Here, Labour hubristically thought...

"Optics" is becoming the new "I misspoke". The new bullshit excuse. The new cliche when something isn't a good l...

Tonight, Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn will be interviewed separately by Jeremy Paxman on Sky News and Channel 4 . The interviews will...

My husband worked for many years on regional newspapers in Britain and he said that whenever he had to cover a council meeting, the de...

1. Theresa May has fooled enough people with her impersonation of a competent leader to win it. The "shy Tories" phenomenon ...

Dear Mr Hammond, I know that I could email you directly, as I have done so in the past, and that you would be obliged to respond as I am ...

Way to kill the long weekend buzz, Theresa! There we all were, eating chocolate and hot cross buns, getting drunk, and generally enjoyi...

The Honourable Member for Islington North, Jeremy Corbyn, could end up as the leader of the Labour Party in September. If this happens, ...

The polls predicted a close election. Britain was braced for a hung parliament and the possibility of voting again to break the deadlock...

We didn’t want to be right but we knew we were. While people from the major parties were telling the public that St Helier Hospital was...

I had an interesting Twitter conversation last night. It all started when I retweeted the fabulous Freya, who tweets as @FuzzCookies. Ref...