We need to put human rights, a belief in multilateralism and respect for international law back at the heart of foreign policy. — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
The financial elite do not need special laws for themselves. This is one nation and there is one criminal law. — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
Our courts' decisions do not permeate the public consciousness - we have no equivalent of the Brown v Board of Education ruling… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
One of the fundamental pillars of international humanitarian law is that proper distinction should be made between military targets and civilians. That… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
When the Tories came to power in 2010, the ground-breaking Equality Act had just become law. But the newly appointed Equalities Minister… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
The principle behind the Equal Pay Act is that if an individual woman finds a man doing similar work and being paid… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
The U.K.'s reputation as a business destination will suffer if its authorities cannot be relied on to enforce the law. — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
It is up to Labour to keep alive the belief that government should be for the whole nation and that no section… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
For centuries, the courts took the view that preserving the discretion of the authorities trumped the rights of victims to hold them… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
The notion of women being written out of history is as old as the Bible, but it always seems more galling when it is… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
The Human Rights Act is not a terrorists' charter. It enables ordinary citizens to seek redress when the government breaches fundamental freedoms enshrined in… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
The Fraud Act 2006 makes it perfectly clear that Libor rigging is prosecutable as a criminal offence. — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
Given that GPs are essentially a private part of our health care system, providing services independently of the rest of the health service, NHS… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
It's often been said that politics in Islington, in many ways, begins and ends with housing, and it's not hard to see why. Despite… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
We have all these strong men in politics - whether it's Brazil, or the Philippines, or Trump, or Putin. They're all big men: it's… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
People don't seem to be safe inside Pentonville, and now it transpires inmates can escape. That is the final straw. If they don't have… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
White collar crime must be taken as seriously as any other crime. — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
The financial elite do not need special laws for themselves. This is one nation and there is one criminal law. — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
When one party is really unpopular, like the Conservatives in 1997, AV can really skew the result disproportionately against them. — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
All the evidence shows that establishing the habit of voting as early as possible is a vital tool in making sure that it's maintained… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
There was a time when a certain type of Tory could have been relied on to swing from the chandeliers in defence of the… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
