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Posts Tagged: Emily Thornberry MP

WATCH: Thornberry – Putin will take advantage of any weakness we show

She says the Government must be “more imaginative” with the sanctions that it threatens to impose.

23 January 2022

WATCH: How many visas should be given to overseas workers to ease shortages in the UK workforce? Thornberry won’t say.

The Shadow International Trade Secretary adds that “what we need is a proper plan…they need to make responsible decisions in a strategic way.”

10 October 2021

WATCH: Covid 1) “I think it’s very unlikely that people will be able to go abroad this summer, I’m afraid” – Thornberry

“People will do the right thing so long as they know what it is they’re expected to do.”

13 June 2021

WATCH: NI Protocol 2) Thornberry – “I personally think the Swiss model is probably the best one we can have”

The Shadow Trade Secretary pushes the policy that the EU itself has urged as part of the solution.

13 June 2021

Liam Fox: Labour’s choice – adapt or die

It despises the very values of patriotism and economic self-improvement that made people like my grandparents vote for them.

By Dr Liam Fox MP | 9 May 2021

Robert Halfon: Patriotism is important to people – whatever the liberal elite thinks – and there’s nothing wrong with that

Plus: There must be a national inquiry led by the Department for Education or Ofsted to establish what has gone on in our schools.

By Robert Halfon MP | 24 March 2021

Terry Barnes: Abbott’s trade appointment is a masterstroke

Australia’s former Prime Minister knows all about trade deals – and can supply insights both from his experience and an international contact book.

By Terry Barnes | 28 August 2020 | 37 comments

Darren Grimes: A Pride Day? There’s a good case for one. But a whole Pride Month? That’s just virtue signalling.

At the end of the day, being gay in 2020 is ok. We are no longer prime victims of oppression, and we should reject four weeks of self-indulgence and narcissism.

By Darren Grimes | 3 June 2020 | 48 comments

Richard Holden: Labour has socially distanced from voters in my seat – and others in the north and midlands. Starmer won’t change that.

The party is pinned down where it feels at home – in its new heartlands of central London, the middle of major cities and the University towns.

By Richard Holden MP | 27 April 2020 | 28 comments

Iain Dale: Which Starmer will we get as Labour’s new leader this weekend? Radical Starmer? Or Safety First Starmer?

For his Shadow Cabinet, I would choose media friendly spokespeople, and back them up with deputies more on the policy wonkish side of things.

By Iain Dale | 3 April 2020 | 96 comments

WATCH: Thornberry – Labour Brexit policy in election was “disastrous”

“It was disastrous for us to go into a general election in those circumstances.”

12 January 2020 | 30 comments

WATCH: Bit late now 1) Thornberry says there was too much in Labour’s manifesto

“We weren’t sufficiently clear about what our priorities were…it just wasn’t convincing.’

5 January 2020 | 5 comments

WATCH: “I’m glad my constituents aren’t as stupid as yours”, Thornberry told MP in a Leave seat, Flint alleges

The unseated MP for Don Valley has harsh words for the Labour frontbench over their Remain agenda. (Though Thornberry denies the claim.)

15 December 2019 | 49 comments

WATCH: “We must strive night and day, whatever it takes, to keep Britain in the European Union”, says Thornberry

The Shadow Foreign Secretary receives a standing ovation as she urges a harder anti-Brexit stance for Labour.

23 September 2019 | 59 comments

Iain Dale: Swinson’s revoke policy disincentivises more Conservative defections

Plus: Why won’t Corbyn come on LBC and give an interview? He hasn’t done once since becoming Labour leader.

By Iain Dale | 20 September 2019 | 128 comments

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