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Emily Thornberry on Jeremy Corbyn, Keir Starmer & the Future of Labour | Political Currency Podcast
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40:43Now PlayingWhat if Jeremy Corbyn had won the 2017 UK general election? Dame Emily Thornberry, who was set to be his Foreign Secretary, reveals to George Osborne what a Corbyn government would have looked like, how the British state and MI6 would have coped, and why she chose to serve in the Shadow Cabinet when others walked out.
In this candid conversation, the veteran Labour MP for Islington South and current Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee discusses her 20-year career in Westminster, from being a "bolshie" rebel backbencher under the Tony Blair government to becoming one of the most senior figures in the Labour Party.
Thornberry gives her frank assessment of the Keir Starmer Labour government's bumpy first year, criticising its U-turns on domestic policy and arguing for more self-confidence. She offers her own bold solutions for fixing Britain's problems, including a radical plan to clear the backlog in the justice system. She also speaks openly about her personal disappointment at not being made a minister and reflects on her future political ambitions.
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