Emily Thornberry MP
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We’ve fact checked Emily Thornberry 10 times
Full Fact scrutinises claims made by politicians on all sides of political debate. We prioritise claims that have the potential to cause most harm.
Our team isn’t able to monitor and fact check all claims made by every politician, so this list isn’t exhaustive. It isn’t accurate to use these examples to draw comparisons about the overall behaviour of individual MPs or political parties.
Survey on sexual assault in surgery may not be representative
Two thirds of female surgeons recently admitted that they had suffered sexual harassment at the hands of senior male colleagues. A third said that they had actually been groped or assaulted whilst working in the operating theatre.
Emily Thornberry, 10 October 2023
Is the UK's trade deal with Japan better than the EU's?
"In the final assessment produced last month by this department, for the long-term impact of the UK-Japan deal, the forecast increase in UK exports to Japan was £2.6 billion. And the forecast increase in UK GDP was £1.5 billion. Now, let's compare those figures to her department's assessment for the long-term impact of the EU-Japan deal. Under that assessment, the forecast increase in UK exports to Japan was not £2.6 billion, but £4.3 billion. And the forecast increase in UK GDP was not £1.5 billion, but £2.6 billion." [VIDEO]
Emily Thornberry, 26 November 2020
The net migration target was never likely to have been met
“[The Home Office] set the tone which was this, we have to cut immigration down to tens of thousands. They knew they weren’t going to be able to do that, because it was free for people to move about from Europe, so the only way that they could cut back on immigration was [to cut] people who came from outside of Europe."
Emily Thornberry, 19 April 2018
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