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Nicholas Cecil and David Lynch

London MP Emily Thornberry ‘sorry and surprised’ not to be given senior Government post

London MP Emily Thornberry has told how she is “sorry and surprised” not to have been appointed to a senior ministerial post in the new Labour Government.

Ms Thornberry, who served as shadow attorney general when Labour was in opposition, was one of the few members of Labour’s top team not to receive the equivalent role in Government following the General Election.

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