Emily Thornberry

speaker
120 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 21 Apr

Emily Thornberry’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

Trend

recordings per month · last 12 months
2 · Apr OctJan 26AprJulnow

Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 2 in all, peaking in Apr 2026 with 2.

Appearances

newest first · ▶ plays the moment
The News Agents · How does Keir Starmer recover from the Olly Robbins bombshell? · 21 Apr 2026 podcast
This may be, you know, yesterday's news very quickly.
But at the moment, it seems it's very shocking.
I think he should stay on as prime minister.
I think things are much better now that he's changed some of the key personnel.
And I think that, I don't think that, I think Morgan McSweeney had many strengths, but I don't think it was appropriate for him to be head of office.
And I think that a lot of the mistakes that Keir made was as a result and have been as a result of the advice he was getting from Morgan McSweeney or not even advice sometimes, Morgan McSweeney carving out things for himself and exercising power in a way which was completely inappropriate.
Do you think he should have fired Ollie Robbins?
I think he should have fired Ollie Robbins because I don't think it's right for Ollie Robbins to not tell people that there had been a problem with the vetting.
And I don't think it's right for Ollie Robbins not to have taken a record.
I mean, I like Ollie Robbins.
I think that he's very talented.
It's pretty bad not telling anyone, you know, that there had been a problem with vetting with somebody who's as controversial as Peter Mandelson.
And then, OK, not telling anybody at the time, but then, you know, when it kept coming forward.
I mean, remember, I'm the woman who got, you know, who got these ridiculous letters from Ollie Robbins or his evidence.
So I'm not that generously inclined towards him.
You know, when I ask him directly, was there a problem with security with Maddison?
And I just get an answer back saying he, you know, the vetting was done to the usual high standards or whatever.
And he was appointed, you know, not saying, oh, but actually he didn't.
He passed the vetting, but I decided that there were ways in which we could get round it.
It could be ameliorated.
Showing 81–100 of 120 · page 5 of 6 ← Previous Next →