Emily Thornberry

It is clear that too many bankers think that laws are for the little people.

— Emily Thornberry

Everybody gets paranoid about deselections. I do.

— Emily Thornberry

The Alternative Vote is sectarian and self-serving and it will not improve people's lives.

— Emily Thornberry

There's a particularly nasty element when lots of men get together sometimes.

— Emily Thornberry

I wear the chips that I have on my shoulder with pride.

— Emily Thornberry

Low pay is a serious problem, and its victims need a genuine solution.

— Emily Thornberry

Food banks have become such a powerful symbol in part because they're inescapable.

— Emily Thornberry

Where there are breaches of human rights, you need to speak out about it, no matter where it is.

— Emily Thornberry

Prosperity need not come at the expense of this country's proudest traditions as a beacon of justice.

— Emily Thornberry

A scam is a scam. A fraud is a fraud. Different rules don't apply in the City than they do for you…

— Emily Thornberry

Why the Tories are happy to subsidise home ownership for middle class graduates and affluent social tenants, but not for widows on…

— Emily Thornberry

I was born into the Labour party. I was delivering leaflets by the age I could reach the letter box.

— Emily Thornberry

The Human Rights Act has not just given a voice to victims, but to the families who have to fight for the…

— Emily Thornberry

Patients who have suffered appalling medical negligence, abused children ignored by social services, mistreated residents of care homes - they have all…

— Emily Thornberry

This sounds ridiculous, but my political inspiration is not Marx or Engels or ­anything like that. It was my mum.

— Emily Thornberry

We should waive fees for those taking equal pay claims; they are our whistleblowers and should be encouraged.

— Emily Thornberry

Unesco can rightly be claimed as one of Britain's greatest contributions to that global architecture of peace, and for Penny Mordaunt to…

— Emily Thornberry

Whether it's in Jobcentres or in Whitehall, young people are constantly coming up against a narrative that portrays them as lazy and…

— Emily Thornberry

Given that GPs are essentially a private part of our health care system, providing services independently of the rest of the health…

— Emily Thornberry

By repealing the Child Poverty Act, which forced governments to take real action to tackle child poverty, this government brings a proud…

— Emily Thornberry

We need to have a system whereby, when a victim walks into a police station, she can be confident that she will…

— Emily Thornberry

Even though I've had the odd terse word to say about Donald Trump, I still get invited to events at the U.S.…

— Emily Thornberry

Equal constituencies' sound fair. So why is Labour so against the constituencies bill and why do we call it gerrymandering? Because, like…

— Emily Thornberry

The fact of the matter is that when governments fail - as the Tories have done - to tackle the root causes…

— Emily Thornberry

I don't think we should be undermining our democracy.

— Emily Thornberry

The Tories have long since abdicated any pretension of principled global leadership.

— Emily Thornberry

Taxpayers' and 'people on benefits' are not two separate and distinct groups of people.

— Emily Thornberry

White collar crime must be taken as seriously as any other crime.

— Emily Thornberry

So how helpful has 'Help to Work' actually been? Not very.

— Emily Thornberry

When you've made a mistake, you have to admit you've made a mistake, and correct it.

— Emily Thornberry

I've been in politics a long time and the only way you survive is by getting the hide of a rhino.

— Emily Thornberry

My European constituents are among the most politically engaged people I represent.

— Emily Thornberry

I was 10 when the Equal Pay Act was passed. It was pretty inspiring stuff.

— Emily Thornberry

You can take the girl out of the estate, but you can't take the estate out of the girl.

— Emily Thornberry

Labour is fundamentally a Remain party but it is in our interests to negotiate as good a deal as possible.

— Emily Thornberry

As the MP for Islington South and Finsbury, I have the privilege of representing one of the most diverse constituencies in the…

— Emily Thornberry

Yeah, it is particularly upsetting to be called, whatever it was, sneery, or a snob, given the background I have.

— Emily Thornberry

Whatever people's backgrounds or values, a society where more and more people face a daily struggle to house, clothe and even feed…

— Emily Thornberry

I certainly think sometimes when it comes to sexism, some Sky presenters need to look at themselves.

— Emily Thornberry

We need a foreign policy which responds to challenges like forced marriage, and which speaks to the particular needs of women and…

— Emily Thornberry