Democracy Quote by Emily Thornberry

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

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

The Fraud Act 2006 makes it perfectly clear that Libor rigging is prosecutable as a criminal offence.

— Emily Thornberry

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

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

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

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

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

— Emily Thornberry

The financial elite do not need special laws for themselves. This is one nation and there is one criminal law.

— Emily Thornberry

When one party is really unpopular, like the Conservatives in 1997, AV can really skew the result disproportionately against them.

— Emily Thornberry

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

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