Senior Labour MP Emily Thornberry has resigned from Ed Miliband’s shadow cabinet after being accused of snobbery when she tweeted a picture of a house decked out in St George’s flags.
The shadow attorney general, who represents Islington South and Finsbury, initially defended posting the picture, which she took while out campaigning in the Rochester and Strood byelection. She later posted a message apologising if she had caused offence.
However, hours later, she stepped down from her role in Labour’s top team, after party sources made clear that Miliband was furious about the tweet.
The row is set to create a media furore the day after the Rochester byelection, which is likely to show Nigel Farage’s populist insurgents Ukip triumph over the Conservatives and the other established political parties.
Thornberry’s publication of the picture, which showed a semi-detached house draped in flags with a white van parked outside, was criticised by her political rivals but also by some within her party. Read more from http://www.theguardian.com
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