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Emily Thornberry

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LovelyBath77 · 14/05/2017 16:51

Just saw an interview with this woman and how irritating is she? I thought Diane Abbot was bad but she is dreadful!

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Crunchymum · 14/05/2017 16:59

She's my MP. And I'm voting labour Shock

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LovelyBath77 · 14/05/2017 17:01

Hmm, good luck with that! ;-)

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NannyOggsKnickers · 14/05/2017 17:01

I like her. Well done her for holding Fallon to account on Assad.

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LovelyBath77 · 14/05/2017 17:02

She seems quite unstable to me.

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AlwaysTheWinner · 14/05/2017 17:03

I like her too. She usually comes across well on TV in my opinion. She would make a better Foreign Secretary than Boris. But then most people would!

HardcoreLadyType · 14/05/2017 17:05

Well done her for holding Fallon to account on Assad.

Well, exactly.

His argument was "we were friends, then". Well, surely we are friends with Sinn Fein, now, so the Jeremy Corbyn thing is equally just a difference in timing.

I am no fan of Corbyn, by the way, but I'm even less a fan of hypocrisy.

Shardonnay · 14/05/2017 17:05

That would be Emily White Van Thornberry?

TeamLannister · 14/05/2017 17:06

I think she's great. She did a top job putting manners on that hypocrite Fallon.

Bishybarnybee · 14/05/2017 17:08

She's not that bad. Are you Tory HQ?

ilovesooty · 14/05/2017 17:09

I don't see why anyone would want to start an unpleasant thread about someone, add a link when it didn't get instant attention then say that the person seems unstable.

Nasty.

Shardonnay · 14/05/2017 17:11

She's not as bad as Dianne Abbott thought vh.?

Dianneabbottsmathsteacher · 14/05/2017 17:12

She's an embaressnt to labour she didn't know the name of her French counterpart and then accused the journalist of being sexist as he had asked her hard questions!

As a Labour Party member it makes me squirm. Fucking idiot

ExplodedCloud · 14/05/2017 17:14

She did have the white van incident yes. But I do quite like her. She was (is?) A barrister and worked on Human Rights.
I'd like more politicians to be told they're talking bollocks when they are.

TheFairyCaravan · 14/05/2017 17:17

Michael Fallon is talking bollocks about a lot of things. Every single question he answered, about the military, on Marr was lies.

I was so glad he was put on the spot by Emily Thornberry at the end of the program.

derxa · 14/05/2017 17:21

She is everything that is wrong with modern politics. She has complete contempt for ordinary people.

Two4One2017 · 14/05/2017 17:30

There are pictures of JC with Assad too..... not sure what her point was. Shall we talk about IRA and Hamas...??

I think she's pretty good on TV and as she's always on is clearly the presentable face of the front bench.

SadEyedPete · 14/05/2017 17:32

Prince Harry is Hewitt born. Debbie Harry is an embarrassment to the Labour Party and I think people like her will cause a higher number of Tory voters unfortunately

TheAntiBoop · 14/05/2017 17:36

She does manage to come across as contemptuous of the electorate (white van man/people choosing to vote because they like May's hair etc etc).

There are a lot of labour politicians I have a lot of time for (my own mp for a start) but they never seem to be the ones I hear in the radio.

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LovelyBath77 · 14/05/2017 17:39

I just added the link to show the interview, not because of attention. I had heard of her, but not seen her in action before! Ah yes I remember that white van man thing, so that was her was it?

And it is not nasty, it's important, these are MPs..

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PetalMettle · 14/05/2017 17:40

Probably @theantiboop as so many are steering clear of this administration. That being said I quite like thornberry. Wvm thing was Cringe but I found her a good local MP - @crunchymum I used to live just off upper street

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LovelyBath77 · 14/05/2017 17:40

She made me cringe, and feel sick watching her!

Where do they get them from...

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PortiaCastis · 14/05/2017 17:41

There are no MPs at the moment as parliament has been dissolved.
Good on Emily for holding Fallon to account

ilovesooty · 14/05/2017 17:43

Perhaps you need to alter your viewing if she had such a profound effect on you.

And alleging that someone seems unstable is nasty

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