Emily Thornberry: ‘I hope we have an election before any more damage is done’

She was forced to resign three years ago, but is now in pole position on the Labour frontbench. Is she the tonic politics needs?Emily Thornberry was seven when her life went horribly wrong. Her father walked out on the family, leaving her mother to bring up three small children alone and penniless. They lost their home, were raided by bailiffs, and had to survive on free school meals and food parcels. Too poor even for pets, her mother had the family’s cats put down.“The biggest thin