Emily Thornberry fell into a bit of a depression during Politics Live after she was asked whether she was surprised at missing out on a Cabinet role:
“Yeah. Yeah, I was surprised, I didn’t know that was going to happen. Yeah I’m very sad about it, yes, I would have liked to have been in the Cabinet, you know, because I’d been in the Shadow Cabinet for eight and a half years continually and on the front bench for more than ten. I didn’t get offered any government job. Yeah, so it’s sad.”
Thornberry eventually mentioned that she wants to stand for chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee “which would be a great job.” Ex-chairman Alicia Kearns advised that “you have to be willing to scrutinise you own party in recognition that country comes first.” Don’t think Emily would have any problem with that…
Former leader of the SNP in Westminster Ian Blackford told Times Radio why he believes Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that she spent no time in the kitchen and therefore didn’t see any of her husband’s purchases:
“She doesn’t have a passion for cooking.”