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I am so honoured to have been invited to speak here today and to have the opportunity to reflect on the values of our first leader, Keir Hardie, and to ask what his vision demands of the Labour Party today. It was a hundred and twenty years…
Emily Thornberry argues that she is the only candidate in the race who can stand up to the government when needed.
As the women’s suffrage movement grew on both sides of the Atlantic in the 1900s, a popular expression took root to describe those of the other sex apparently bewildered by this turn of events. The deprecatingly-described “mere man” – happy…
When I first stood for Islington South and Finsbury – the Lib Dems' number one target seat in the country in the post-Iraq election – Robin Cook came and spent a day campaigning with me. He told everyone he spoke to that I’d been on all the…
We are out of power in Westminster. But that does not mean we are out of power full stop. I know first-hand the difference that Labour councillors can make. When my dad walked out on us when I was seven years old, we were left penniless and…
Below is the full text of Emily Thornberry's speech this evening in Guildford as she launched her campaign to be the next leader of the Labour Party. My dear friends, I’m so glad to be back in Guildford today, seeing so many local activists…
My colleague Alison McGovern tweeted a series of very important organisational and political questions yesterday, which she said every candidate for the Labour leadership needed to answer. As the first candidate to declare, I’d like to…
Emily Thornberry today called for an immediate ceasefire in Yemen, a new UN Security Council resolution on the crisis, humanitarian relief to Yemeni civilians and an investigation into alleged war crimes. The Shadow Foreign Secretary…
This is the full speech delivered today by shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry at an event to mark the centenary of the Balfour Declaration. Let me start by thanking BICOM and the Jewish News for inviting me to today’s historic event…
Chair, Conference - It’s a pleasure to be back here in Brighton and Hove. A city which we can say - once again - has no Tory MPs. And it’s a pleasure to be taking part in a debate where our delegates have such a strong voice, And we should…
This is the full text of the letter that Emily Thornberry has sent to Boris Johnson. The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Foreign and Commonwealth Office King Charles Street LONDON SW1A 2AH 5…
This is the full statement issued by shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry following Russia’s announcement that it will withdraw its signature from the founding statute of the International Criminal Court. “We utterly condemn this…
