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Emily Thornberry

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Gender Female
Age 63
Date of birth July 27,1960
Zodiac sign Leo
Born Guildford
United Kingdom
Spouse Christopher Nugee
Office Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Party Labour Party
Parents Cedric Thornberry
Sallie Thornberry
Job Politician
Barrister
Official site parliament.uk
Position Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2005
Education University of Kent
Previous positionShadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of United Kingdom (2016–2020)
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Emily Thornberry Life story


Emily Anne Thornberry is a British politician who has been Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury since 2005. A member of the Labour Party, she has served as Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales since 2021, and previously from 2011 to 2014.

Biography

Emily thornberry is the shdaow secretary of state for foreign and commonwealth affairs.She was born on 27 july 1960 in guildford.Surrey.England.She is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs around 140 pounds.She has blue eyes and a slim body type.Her zodiac sign is leo and she is british by antionality.

Education and Career

Emily thornbrery attended the university of kent.Where she earned a bachelor of laws degree.She then went on to practice law for several years before entering politics.She was elected to the house of commons in 2005 and has since held several positions in the labour praty.Including shadow attorney general and shadow minister for immigration.In 2020.She was appointed shadow secretary of state for foreign and commonwealth affair.S.

Family and Relationships

Emily thornberry is married to christopher nugee.A barrister.They have three children together.She also has two siblings.A brother and a sister.Her parents are john and jnea thornberry.

Most Important Event

In 2020.Emily thornberry was appointed shadow secretary of state for foreign and commonwealth affairs.This was a mjaor milestone in her career and a testament to her hard work and dedication to the labour party.

Life Story

Emily thornberry has had a olng and successful career in politics.She has been a member of parliament since and has held several positions in the labour party.She has been a strong advocate for human rights and social justice.And has been a vocal critic of the government s handling of brxeit.She is a passionate and dedicated public servant who is committed to making a difference in the lives of her constituents.

Boris Johnson's ex-wife Marina Wheeler is Labour's sex harassment adviser

Boris Johnson's ex-wife Marina Wheeler is Labour's sex harassment adviser
Oct 8,2023 11:21 am

... In a speech to the Labour conference on Tuesday, Shadow Attorney General Emily Thornberry will say: " For too long, a woman suffering sexual harassment in the workplace has faced a terrible choice: if she speaks out, the individual responsible may be investigated, but even then, she still risks losing her job and her other employment rights, while he gets a slap on the wrist...

GB News apologises for Laurence Fox comments about female journalist

GB News apologises for Laurence Fox comments about female journalist
Sep 27,2023 4:51 am

... " Fox s comments attracted widespread condemnation, including from Labour MP and shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry, who tagged media regulator Ofcom into a post on X in an apparent call for it to intervene...

Concrete tests ordered on 1990s court buildings

Concrete tests ordered on 1990s court buildings
Sep 4,2023 3:01 pm

... Emily Thornberry, the shadow attorney general, said the development " immediately calls into question every other instance across government when ministers have assured us that the necessary surveys have been conducted, or are nearing completion"...

UK to ban all cold calls selling financial products

UK to ban all cold calls selling financial products
May 3,2023 4:51 am

... Emily Thornberry, Labour s shadow attorney general, said: " This has been billed as a fully-integrated blueprint to tackle the entirety of Britain s fraud crisis, yet it ignores the tens of billions being lost to fraud against businesses and the government, and relies on estimates of the cost of fraud to members of the public that are seven years out of date...

Sunak announces big increase in funding for France to stop small boats

Sunak announces big increase in funding for France to stop small boats
Mar 10,2023 11:10 am

... Labour s shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry accused the Conservatives of " lurching from one crisis to another with nothing more than their typical sticking plaster politics"...

Labour accuse Tories of spending sprees on hotels, dining and gifts

Labour accuse Tories of spending sprees on hotels, dining and gifts
Feb 12,2023 10:12 pm

... The party obtained some of the data in statements written by ministers in response to parliamentary questions asked by Emily Thornberry, the shadow attorney general...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan to say he can't ignore 'immense' Brexit damage

London Mayor Sadiq Khan to say he can't ignore 'immense' Brexit damage
Jan 12,2023 8:21 am

... Asked if Mr Khan s comments were helpful, Labour s shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry told the BBC: " It s our job to make Brexit work...

Liz Truss's Foreign Office spend at Norwich City questioned

Liz Truss's Foreign Office spend at Norwich City questioned
Sep 29,2022 5:50 pm

... Labour s shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry, up 45% on last year, in a letter to the department...

Labour leadership: Five candidates by the nominations close

Jan 31,2022 4:21 am

Emily Thornberry four will join The Other in the next round of the competition, head of the Labour party, after winning the support of enough MPs and MEPs.

The Shadow foreign Minister of the sound barrier of 22 men behind in less than 10 Minutes , closed before the nominations.

she was helped by Clive Lewis , the race to finish switch - with several of his men behind to their candidacy.

Sir Keir Starmer , Rebecca Long Bailey, Lisa Nandy and Jess Phillips had already qualified for the next stage.

Sir Keir, The Shadow Brexit Secretary, led the way with 88 nominations, followed by Mrs Long Bailey 33, Ms Nandy on 31 and The Other two contenders to 23 per.

Mr Lewis, the lowest ranking candidate, withdrew after the drop out of five nominations.

The Deputy Labour leader post is also vacant, after Tom Watson stood down from the Parliament.

All five candidates, Angela Rayner , Ian Murray, Dawn Butler , Rosena Allin-Khan and Richard Burgon - have secured enough nominations through to the next stage of the race.

Jeremy Corbyn 's announced successor, the 4. April. He will be standing down after the birth, lost his fourth election in a row, in The Last month.

Switching support

the announcement of his exit on Twitter, Norwich South MP Mr Lewis said the competition "was never just about the Labour leadership, but about our survival as a political movement and mapping our path to power".

Both Nadia Whittome and Rachael Maskell , who has the backing of Mr Lewis, were originally in support of the Ms Thornberry changed.

Mr Lewis urged his opponents to take on Board some of the ideas that he had argued during his short-lived campaign, including more cooperation with other Political Parties and progressive forces.

"I now throw The Gauntlet to The Other Labour leadership candidates and ask them if you are Brave Enough , strong enough, to give us some of the issues in my Manifesto," he said.

"In the coming weeks, I watched her reaction carefully, before you decide to support who. "

Among the celebrities backing Sir Keir Tottenham MP David Lammy , the was named the Vice-Chairman of his campaign, and the former leader, Ed Miliband, said that he had "to deliver The Best experience and vision of 21St Century socialism for the country".

In a speech in East London , Ms Nandy's work demanded, to "Think Big and paint a broad canvas", as it tries to bounce back from his defeat.

Although it does not accept that labour "answers to all questions", especially in Scotland, She Said , The Party had an important role in ensuring the "social justice strikes back column nationalism and to win."

"I would like to enable this Land to the Land that I have known, we could have all of My Life , but I've never seen," She Said . "I think I can almost touch it. "

As part of their pitch, Ms Phillips is the call for The Creation of a universal child care, based on the provision in some Scandinavian countries.

you LBC of The Last Labour government, said the offer of 15 hours free childcare a week, a "lifeline" for she had, as a young mother at the time, but the current level of provision is now "very limited and requires massive improvement".

How will unfold the leadership race?

She Said , The State should think more affordable childcare as an economic catalyst for families, in the same way as transport and broadband connections, and not only focus on whether a woman was the result of your eligible.

"Universal free childcare is not only thousands and thousands of jobs to groups of people who urgently need good, secure income, there is also the possibility of masses of people go right to work and their families live better," She Said .

Asked to not serve who they would prefer to be under, if you win, she decided, Ms Nandy, with the argument that it was time for work to be its first female leader.

Hustings complaint

Monday marks the end of The First stage of the nominations process.

the candidates also need the support of 5% of the constituency Labour parties, or the three Partner organisations, two of which unions win, by 14 February . Unison, the UK's largest trade Union, said it is the support of Sir Keir.

the call for leadership hustings in "every region and nation" in the UK.

At the moment, there are only seven hustings between the ages of 18 to. January, and 16. February - in Liverpool, Durham, Bristol, Cardiff, Birmingham, Glasgow and London.

He said The Process of reconstruction of trust in the work must be done "in communities across the country, not only in those we are currently representing".



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Source of news: bbc.com

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