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Emily Thornberry hit out at the Conservative government on Friday, joking that her ministers were consistent in resigning even after admitting a public mistake.
Speaking to GB News, the shadow attorney general was asked about a PR blunder from 10 years ago that led to her resigning from Ed Miliband’s frontbench.
Host Stephen Dixon said: “You’re not a big fan of the St George’s cross, are you?”
After a long pause, Thornberry said: “What do you mean?”
“Well, you took the mic away from someone who was waving the English flag and he had to resign because of it,” said Dixon.
Realization suddenly washed over his MP’s face, and he said: “Oh, you’re talking about a picture I took 10 years ago and put on Twitter!
“Yes, I took a picture 10 years ago of a house covered in English flags, is that what you mean? And people made all sorts of assumptions about it?”
He continued: “As far as I was concerned, it was, you know, if it was going to do any damage to the Labor party, do you know what I did?
“I resigned! Do you remember when people used to do that when they made a mistake?
“You haven’t seen that in forever I think from this lot. They’re not resigning, are they? Otherwise there wouldn’t be any of them left!”
Their conversation was sparked by Friday’s spat over a customized St George’s Cross on Nike’s new football shirts in England before it moved to a conversation over the government.
It is worth noting that 11 ministers actually resigned from Rishi Sunak’s government.
For example, Gavin Williamson resigned as minister in November 2022 after allegations he used inappropriate language to other staff and Nadhim Zahawi was sacked as Tory chairman after a report said he had breached the minister’s code,
