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Emily Thornberry MP
Emily Thornberry MP
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Emily Thornberry MPIslington South & Finsbury
I live in Islington with my husband and threechildren. I moved
there 18 years ago after mybrothers and I were brought up by my
mother ona large council estate outside London.
As a single parent on benefits, life was hard formy mother. But
without a doubt, Laboursminimum wage, nursery provision, and
flexibleworking would have really helped her. Thats
why Im Labour.
Despite having failed the 11+, I became abarrister in the
chambers of Mike Mansfield Q.C.,where I spent nearly 20 years
representing thepoorest and most marginalised. In the early 80s
Irepresented miners in danger of being criminal-ised by the strike
and joined the T&G.
Our great strength as a party has always been that we are a
progressive coalition. As a memberof the Shadow Cabinet, I would
seek to re-engagewith our voters, bring over former Lib Dems
andGreens, and appeal to voters who have left us.
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Emily ThornberryMP for Islington South & FinsburyShadow
Energy & Climate Change Minister
Fighting the Tories andLib Dems on the ground Despite being the
Lib Dems #1 target seat, I waselected in 2005 with a majority of
484.
We had no Labour Councillors at all. But in 2010 after 5 years
of fighting the local Lib Dem Council we won 21 out of 24
councillors and aparliamentary majority of 3,569.
At Conference I hold Beating the Lib Demssessions sharing
materials with fellow MPs,candidates, and activists - and in
Parliament Iveput together climate change campaign templates
to share around the PLP.
As a member of the Shadow Cabinet, Id makesure what I do helps
you fight the Government andwin people back to Labour.
Winning back voters trust I cant work out which is worse: Cleggs
claim to be thechampion of fairness or Osbornes claim that wereall
in it together.
The Comprehensive Spending Review in October is agolden chance
to expose them.
When we take apart the Governments plans, its vitalwe respond
credibly and coherently. We need to offervoters a fairer
alternative one that they can identifywith and recognise as on
their side.
We need to regain our confidence. In government,Labour all too
often felt like squatters. The Tories havean air that suggests they
have the right to govern; weneed to show them they do not.As a
backbencher I worked with colleagues, both
inside and outside Parliament, to change the law:
I sponsored the original Climate Change Bill(despite what he
says, David Cameron wasnowhere to be seen!).
I introduced a private members bill to makehousing associations
more accountable to
their tenants.
I successfully piloted the Law Commission Act2010 through the
Commons. This gave theCommission the teeth they have wanted for
the past 20 years.
Seconding the Queens Speech
Consulting housing associationtenants in Parliament
