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| − | '''Emily Anne Thornberry''', nicknamed '''Lady Smug''',<ref name="ladysmug" /> a native of [[Surrey]], England, is a [[far-left]] [[elitist]] notorious for her [[hatred]] of white [[working-class]] voters. A Member of Parliament for the [[Labour Party]], she has represented the Islington South and Finsbury constituency in [[London]] since 2005 | + | '''Emily Anne Thornberry''', nicknamed '''Lady Smug''',<ref name="ladysmug" /> a native of [[Surrey]], England, is a [[far-left]] [[elitist]] notorious for her [[hatred]] of white [[working-class]] voters. A Member of Parliament for the [[Labour Party]], she has represented the Islington South and Finsbury constituency in [[London]] since 2005, which she won for Labour by the lowest margin in 22 years, |
Growing up in a privileged family, Thornberry, who [[Failure|failed]] at school,<ref name="ladysmug">[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3445093/Emily-Thornberry-s-promoted-family-sharp-elbows-despite-socialist-principles.html Is Lady Smug the biggest hypocrite in Britain? Emily Thornberry's promoted her family with sharp elbows despite socialist principles... and now she's turned her own MPs against her]</ref> [[Champagne socialist|hypocritically claims]] to hold 'socialist' principles whilst living in a £3 million London home. She is best known for swearing at political opposition<ref>[https://twitter.com/telegraphnews/status/863687357161132033?lang=ar Emily Thornberry turns the air blue as she accuses Sir Michael Fallon of talking 'b*******']</ref> and calling voters in pro-Brexit areas "stupid". | Growing up in a privileged family, Thornberry, who [[Failure|failed]] at school,<ref name="ladysmug">[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3445093/Emily-Thornberry-s-promoted-family-sharp-elbows-despite-socialist-principles.html Is Lady Smug the biggest hypocrite in Britain? Emily Thornberry's promoted her family with sharp elbows despite socialist principles... and now she's turned her own MPs against her]</ref> [[Champagne socialist|hypocritically claims]] to hold 'socialist' principles whilst living in a £3 million London home. She is best known for swearing at political opposition<ref>[https://twitter.com/telegraphnews/status/863687357161132033?lang=ar Emily Thornberry turns the air blue as she accuses Sir Michael Fallon of talking 'b*******']</ref> and calling voters in pro-Brexit areas "stupid". | ||
Revision as of 13:48, May 15, 2023
| Emily Thornberry | |
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Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury
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| In office 6 May 2005 – present | |
| Preceded by | Position created |
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| Born | 1960 Guildford,Surrey, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Children | 3 |
Emily Anne Thornberry, nicknamed Lady Smug,[1] a native of Surrey, England, is a far-left elitist notorious for her hatred of white working-class voters. A Member of Parliament for the Labour Party, she has represented the Islington South and Finsbury constituency in London since 2005, which she won for Labour by the lowest margin in 22 years,
Growing up in a privileged family, Thornberry, who failed at school,[1] hypocritically claims to hold 'socialist' principles whilst living in a £3 million London home. She is best known for swearing at political opposition[2] and calling voters in pro-Brexit areas "stupid".
History
Early life
Emily Thornberry was born on 27 July 1960 in Guildford, Surrey to a privileged family. Her father was Cedric Thornberry, at that time a law lecturer at the London School of Economics. He would later fail in the 1965 general election as the Labour candidate for Guildford, coming 18 points behind his Conservative rival David Howell, and in 1978, he would become an Assistant Secretary-General for the United Nations, an unelected liberal globalist cabal.
In her early youth, Thornberry showed a distinct lack of academic success as she failed her eleven-plus examination and was therefore forced to attend a modern secondary school.
Political career
At the 2005 UK general election, held on 5 May that year, Emily Thornberry was elected to represent the London constituency of Islington South and Finsbury. With a minority victory of 39.9%,[3] she held the seat for Labour by a significantly reduced margin over her predecessor, Chris Smith.
One of Thornberry's biggest displays of her contempt for ordinary British voters came on 20 November 2014. As polls closed for the 2014 Rochester and Strood by-election, she had come under fire after tweeting a photograph of a modest house in the constituency with three flags of St. George on display and the owner's white van parked outside on the driveway, under the caption "Image from #Rochester", for which she was accused of classism and snobbery.[4]
On 16 December 2019, former Labour colleague Caroline Flint alleged that Emily Thornberry, who represents a Remain-voting constituency, had told Flint, the MP for the pro-Brexit Don Valley constituency, that her constituents were "stupid".[5]
Thornberry displayed awkward behavior and was squirming when questioned on 14 January 2022 about a £600,000 donation to her party from a suspected Chinese Communist Party spy.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Is Lady Smug the biggest hypocrite in Britain? Emily Thornberry's promoted her family with sharp elbows despite socialist principles... and now she's turned her own MPs against her
- ↑ Emily Thornberry turns the air blue as she accuses Sir Michael Fallon of talking 'b*******'
- ↑ 2005 Election Data
- ↑ White van man turns up on doorstep of Islington ‘snob’ Emily Thornberry
- ↑ Claim: ‘Snob’ Emily Thornberry Called Brexit Voters ‘Stupid’
- ↑ 'Embarrassing one for Labour!' Thornberry squirms over £600k donation from suspected spy