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This is the speech given by shadow Defence Secretary Emily Thornberry on the Successor programme at the Royal United Services Institute today. The question we consider today is whether the government has made a convincing case for the…
As a party, the safety and security of the British people must always be our first priority. And we should be in no doubt about the scale and diversity of the challenges we face. From Crimea to the Levant to the Mediterranean, the past five…
These days, it’s almost conventional wisdom that welfare, like immigration, is an issue where the Tories have an unassailable political advantage. But as a member of the committee which began scrutinising the Government’s Welfare Reform and…
There can be no doubt that those on the lowest incomes have seen their living standards plummet. Jobseekers Allowance claimants saw their incomes increase by just 70p this year. 70p cannot possibly make a significant difference to living…
By Emily Thornberry MP / @emilythornberry For years people have been accusing me of being a tribalist. And there is a reason for that: I am. As a No to AV supporter, I've heard it more often recently. In fact I graduated in the eyes of some…
By Emily Thornberry MP / @EmilyThornberry As the first anniversary of the Tory-Liberal coalition approaches, the government is proving itself to be not only mean, reckless, and ideologically-driven, but increasingly also incompetent and…
By Emily Thornberry MP Chris Huhne and David Cameron never tire of claiming that the coalition will be "the greenest government ever" - and media reports had lead us to believe ambitious new policies would be announced in yesterday's speech…
By Emily Thornberry The Alternative Vote - I am against it. I might be more enthusiastic about a referendum if there were a third option on the ballot paper, maybe "I want the government to get on with something which actually matters to…
By Emily Thornberry MP Nick Clegg says the Constitutional Reform bill which had its second reading in parliament yesterday is the "biggest shake-up of our democracy since 1832". Well, I shudder to think that the cloak of radicalism - and…
By Emily Thornberry MP What would Sarah Palin, Tea Party goers, and right-wing shock jocks in the U.S. make of David Cameron's Big Society? After all, Palin et al are forever railing against 'big-government liberals'. They want big…
By Emily Thornberry MP Boris Johnson's new year fare increase is the clearest indication yet of what is wrong with his administration. He is a mayor with no clear vision for our capital, who nonetheless costs Londoners dear. In the process…
By Emily Thornberry MP Today, I walked through the snow to the Danish Parliament, where MPs from 62 countries were meeting to discuss climate change and our response. As the UK's only representative, I thought it probably best I arrive on…
