MP resigns over white van/English flag tweet

[Ari]

Dumb thing to do but worth resigning over..?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30139832

Emily Thornberry has resigned from Labour's front bench after sending a tweet during the Rochester and Strood by-election which was branded "snobby".

The shadow attorney general apologised for the message, which showed a terraced house with three England flags, and a white van parked outside.

UKIP said she had "sneered, and looked down her nose at a white van in Strood with the cross of St George on it".

Labour leader Ed Miliband was "angry" at her, a senior figure told the BBC.

The resident of the house, Dan Ware, said Ms Thornberry - the MP for Islington South and Finsbury - was a "snob".

[scenario8]

You don't think this has been covered enough in ether the Rochester election thread or the ongoing UKIP thread?

Daft tweet. Silly moo. Hefty price.

Next idiotic tweet, please!

[mrpurple]

Probably a stupid question but does this mean another by-election?

[scenario8]

No. Just a minor shuffling around of responsibilities into and/or within the Shadow Cabinet. She remains an MP and faces her electorate in May (assuming she's re-selected).

[Mrr T]

mrpurple said:

Probably a stupid question but does this mean another by-election?

She only resigned from the shadow cabinet not her seat in parliament.

She is well qualified to represent the working class.

The working class should always be represented by a person with a title who lives in a £3M home.

[mrpurple]

Mrr T said:

mrpurple said:

Probably a stupid question but does this mean another by-election?

She only resigned from the shadow cabinet not her seat in parliament.

She is well qualified to represent the working class.

The working class should always be represented by a person with a title who lives in a £3M home.

Thanks...was what I assumed by only see "resigned" in articles I have bothered to read.

BTW... Not a £3m double garage then?

[carinaman]

She's a Barrister in her mid fifties, not Kent's Teenage PCC Paris Brown.

She's shown herself to be unsuitable for the role of Attorney General.

I wasn't that aware of her, but some comments online seem to berate her for playing the faux moral outrage card. If that's true I am not so sorry if her own stupid Tweet bit her on her rump. She's shown the public just how deluded and out of touch politicians and the Labour party is.

She moved the spotlight from the Tories with her Tweet didn't she?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZTXzt0c5kQ

So she goes on about Press regulation and it ends with a member in the audience making it about the Internet and Twitter. And despite that she sends that judgmental, prejudiced Tweet.

Her demeanour on QT reminds me of Judge Constance Briscoe when she was on there. I loved being talked down to by Blair's Babes.

Edited by carinaman on Friday 21st November 13:24

[Chris Type R]

Mrr T said:

The working class should always be represented by a person with a title who lives in a £3M home.

I wonder if she'll be paying the "mansion tax".

[Ari]

Mrr T said:

She only resigned from the shadow cabinet not her seat in parliament.

She is well qualified to represent the working class.

The working class should always be represented by a person with a title who lives in a £3M home.

You'd prefer some dumbwit in a bedsit?

[TheEnd]

Golden rule in politics is to never upset your core voters.

[Jasandjules]

Ari said:

You'd prefer some dumbwit in a bedsit?

Not everyone from council estates is thick you know, just like not everyone in 1m mansions are intelligent.

[mrpurple]

Ari said:

You'd prefer some dumbwit in a bedsit?

Is that you Emily?

[fido]

Haha .. LBC have visited the Mansion Tax qualifying woman .. http://www.lbc.co.uk/lbc-hangs-english-flag-on-emi...

[carinaman]

mrpurple said:

Ari said:

You'd prefer some dumbwit in a bedsit?

Is that you Emily?

Well that could be the kind of place to find a hermit to chair Theresa May's over-arching Inquiry into how the public sector dealt with the sexual abuse of minors given Baroness Butler-Sloss and Fiona Woolf were deemed unsuitable. Perhaps Emily Thornberry should put herself forward for that role given how impartial she is?

[Guybrush]

Chris Type R said:

Mrr T said:

The working class should always be represented by a person with a title who lives in a £3M home.

I wonder if she'll be paying the "mansion tax".

One can be pretty certain that MPs will create some sort of weasely exemption.

[Mr_B]

The man in question turns up at one of her homes, and he don't look happy. Hyacinth Bucket, I mean Emily, was nowhere to be seen though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L-XHmsm5DU

Edited by Mr_B on Friday 21st November 15:03

Edited by Mr_B on Friday 21st November 15:26

[Justayellowbadge]

Mrr T said:

She only resigned from the shadow cabinet not her seat in parliament.

She is well qualified to represent the working class.

The working class should always be represented by a person with a title who lives in a £3M home.

Title?

Not defending her, but isn't she a council girl herself?

[Yazar]

When Ed told her to get on your bike, she didn't realise it was a 'common' saying and took it literally

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2842783/La...

[dandarez]

She takes me back to 1967 and Pink Floyd...

'Emily tries but misunderstands, ahh ooooh'

[pork911]

Justayellowbadge said:

Mrr T said:

She only resigned from the shadow cabinet not her seat in parliament.

She is well qualified to represent the working class.

The working class should always be represented by a person with a title who lives in a £3M home.

Title?

Not defending her, but isn't she a council girl herself?

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