You have to be very poor and desperate, or very rich, or lucky, to live in Islington. We don't have the people in the middle, the people who serve the community. — 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
