Emily Thornberry to sue Caroline Flint for 'making up s*** about me'

[cupid_stunt]

The shadow Foreign Secretary said she had given the ousted MP until the end of today to withdraw the claim – made in a TV interview on Sunday – but “she refuses to”. “So that is what we are doing to do, we are having to take legal action,” Ms Thornberry confirmed

The extraordinary spectacle of one senior Labour figure suing another comes after Ms Flint stepped up her criticism that a pro-Remain faction was to blame for Labour’s election disaster.

The former Don Valley MP targeted Ms Thornberry, a North London MP, claiming: “She said to one of my colleagues, 'I'm glad my constituents aren't as stupid as yours'.”

Emily Thornberry launches legal action against ousted Labour MP Caroline Flint for 'making up s*** about me'

I wonder if Flint will end-up backing down today or risk a court case, which could be 'interesting'.

 

[Sprocket.]

Flint won’t back down, she is well arsed off....again. Besides there may well be several photo opportunities!

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Flint losing her seat was one of the highlights of the night for me

 

[butchersapron]

Oh poor emily, someone may have told an exaggerated or untrue funny story about her - of course the only recourse is to the courts! Emily must not be mocked. That's really strong leadership that. Real strong character. Couldn't possibly laugh it off or ignore it. It must be the courts!

 

[Mr Moose]

A bit rich of ultra Blairite and Iraq War supporting Flint to try to find a bit of redemption through shit-flinging.

It’s too easy to believe this of Thornberry, so if she can prove it, so be it. If she can’t, then thanks for putting another nail in the coffin you helped build.

 

[gosub]

Nail them both in their houses and paint black crosses on the door.

 

[andysays]

Flint won’t back down, she is well arsed off....again. Besides there may well be several photo opportunities!

I misread that as "several panto opportunities" and was about to reply "oh no there won't"...

 

[Smokeandsteam]

Is there any evidence at all that Lady Nugee has a dismissive, sneering and snobbish attitude to the proles?

 

[gosub]

I misread that as "several panto opportunities" and was about to reply "oh no there won't"...

"Its behind you!!!" - the careers of countless politicans

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Is there any evidence at all that Lady Nugee has a dismissive, sneering and snobbish attitude to the proles?

Really? You're taking Boris Johnson's lead on this?

 

[Mr Moose]

Really? You're taking Boris Johnson's lead on this?

There was the famous, wordless Tweet, of a house with a big England flag, that sparked a riot of hairshirted reflection. A gaffe, though a bit too much was made of it. Her support for the leadership and policy has generally been there, but her smug tone and posh voice make her a sitting target.

Still preferable to Flint, who could have shown her solidarity with her constituents rather than privatisation earlier, maybe as a housing minister for example.

 

[billy_bob]

The difficulty here is it's equally easy to believe Thornberry said something like that as it is to believe Flint's a vindictive liar.

Maybe she did say it but she's confident no-one can prove it.

 

[Pickman's model]

Nail them both in their houses and paint black crosses on the door.

why make it harder to get them to tilbury to board a ship bound for points south?

 

[Knotted]

I don't trust Flint, but it so sounds like Thornberry.

 

[Pickman's model]

I don't trust Flint, but it so sounds like Thornberry.

doesn't matter if she said it or not, like the pig-fucking thing for cameron it'll be an albatross around her neck

it's what she'll be known for

 

[Smokeandsteam]

Really? You're taking Boris Johnson's lead on this?

Pardon? I’ve got not idea what Johnson has said about this

 

[Smokeandsteam]

I don't trust Flint, but it so sounds like Thornberry.

A bit like Dawn Butler you mean? “If you don’t hate Brexit - even if you voted for it - there is something wrong with you”

As she said it Thornberry stood laughing beside her.

Littlebabyjesus might be unable to form a view about someone without first checking what Boris Johnson thinks but the rest of us can.

 

[marty21]

Where does the Lady Nugee stuff come from - seen a lot of batshit crazy right-wingers using it .

 

[Proper Tidy]

Where does the Lady Nugee stuff come from - seen a lot of batshit crazy right-wingers using it .

It's her title by marriage but she doesn't use it

 

[cupid_stunt]

Where does the Lady Nugee stuff come from - seen a lot of batshit crazy right-wingers using it .

Thornberry has lived in Islington since the early 1990s. In July 1991 she married fellow barrister Christopher Nugee, of Wilberforce Chambers,[68] in Tower Hamlets, and they have two sons and a daughter. Nugee later became a Queen's Counsel, then a High Court Judge, when he was knighted, at which point Thornberry became entitled to be styled Lady Nugee, although she does not use

Emily Thornberry - Wikipedia

 

[killer b]

It's curious that it's always Thornbury's title-by-marriage that's always used to show how posh she is, rather than her father being the assistant secretary general of the United Nations.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Where does the Lady Nugee stuff come from - seen a lot of batshit crazy right-wingers using it .

It could be her title because her husband was knighted, except that it isn't because she does not use it. Misogynistic r/wingers like Boris Johnson seek to belittle her by defining her by her husband agaisnt her wishes. Doesn't matter what you think of her, calling her LN is out of order.

 

[IC3D]

No idea what was said but I'll call wuss for the lawyer threat.

 

[Mr Moose]

It's curious that it's always Thornbury's title-by-marriage that's always used to show how posh she is, rather than her father being the assistant secretary general of the United Nations.

It’s always a faff when you have two posh reveals.

 

[marty21]

It could be her title because her husband was knighted, except that it isn't because she does not use it. Misogynistic r/wingers like Boris Johnson seek to belittle her by defining her by her husband agaisnt her wishes. Doesn't matter what you think of her, calling her LN is out of order.

Cheers - that's why the right-wing want to bait her like that.

 

[Sprocket.]

I misread that as "several panto opportunities" and was about to reply "oh no there won't"...

She’s behind you!

 

[Sprocket.]

It is an old fact around here that if there were any press photographers about Flint would appear like the shopkeeper in Mr Benn.

 

[Jeremiah18.17]

I think they should settle it by single combat. (With Steven Kinnock And Keir Starmer as their seconds)

 

[Smokeandsteam]

It could be her title because her husband was knighted, except that it isn't because she does not use it. Misogynistic r/wingers like Boris Johnson seek to belittle her by defining her by her husband agaisnt her wishes. Doesn't matter what you think of her, calling her LN is out of order.

Absolute bollocks. Her background is of direct relevance when it comes to posting pictures of white vans and St. George flags, her laughing at suggestions that ‘there is something wrong’ with 17m people and her alleged comments to Flint.

The suggestion that to mention her class and privilege in these contexts is ‘right wing’ is abysmal

 

[killer b]

It's easy to talk about her class and privilege without using right wing attack lines though tbf.