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Robbie Griffiths

Rwanda plan is legal but may still not fly, says Labour’s Emily Thornberry

Emily Thornberry, shadow Attorney General

(Picture: PA)

Labour’s Emily Thornberry has questioned whether Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda relocation policy for migrants will actually go ahead, despite being given the green light by the High Court yesterday.

Speaking at a festive live recording of The Political Party podcast last night, the shadow attorney general, far right, said of the policy: “Let’s see where it goes next”. She added that even if it is legal, the idea was not “fair” or “decent”. Thornberry had an awkward moment when she dodged a question about flying the England flag during the World Cup. In 2014, she had to resign from the front bench for posting a seemingly snobbish photo of a house covered in England flags.

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