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Former Met Police doctor is accused of stalking MP Emily Thornberry after travelling to the Labour Party's Liverpool conference, court hears

A former Metropolitan Police doctor has been accused of stalking Labour MP Emily Thornberry. Dr Suzanne Lucey, 55, an occupational health physician outside Westminster Magistrates Court Dr Lucey was arrested after travelling to the Labour Party 's Liverpool conference in September - she is pictured here outside Westminster Magistrates Court Emily Thornberry pictured at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool …

Emily Thornberry asks ‘is he supposed to take a packed lunch?’ in defence of Starmer amid Labour donations row

Labour chaos on plan to add VAT to private school fees as Emily Thornberry suggests the move WOULD increase class sizes at state schools - but is slapped down by other frontbenchers who insist it won'

Labour's plans to impose VAT on private school fees descended into chaos today after Emily Thornberry suggested it will increase class sizes in the state sector. Emily Thornberry caused a stir by acknowledging the 20 per cent levy to fees would force children to leave, but said: 'It's fine.' Shadow education secretary Bridget Philipson flatly contradicted Mrs Thornberry in interviews …

Just Stop Oil activists are mocked after sprinkling orange confetti at Labour's Emily Thornberry before being heckled and led out the room

Emily Thornberry defends attack ad on Sunak after Labour accused of ‘nasty politics’

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What if Nick Clegg had gone into coalition with Labour, not the Tories, in 2010?

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One of Angela Rayner's Labour front bench colleagues suggested today that she had been drinking when she branded the Tories 'scum' - as the party's deputy leader refused to apologise. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner listen as shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves gives her keynote speech at the Labour Party conference The Labour deputy leader …

Emily Thornberry knocked out of the Labour leadership contest

Emily Thornberry was last night knocked out of the Labour leadership race. The Shadow Foreign Secretary failed to garner enough nominations from local Labour branches to go forward to a vote of party members. Labour's Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry, pictured, has dropped out of the party's leadership election having failed to secure the support of 33 constituency parties Ms …

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Lisa Nandy, the 'dark horse' Labour leadership contender, once offered sex advice to students – and starred in a photo casebook showing her naked in bed with another woman. Ms Nandy and Ms Phillips are two of the five leadership contenders alongside Emily Thornberry, 59, Sir Keir Starmer, 57, and Rebecca Long Bailey, 40, whose student years appear to have …

Labour leadership: Lisa Nandy declares ambition to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as left-wingers endorse Rebecca Long-Bailey for top job