Shadow Labour Minister Has Meltdown

[ChillDoubt]

...because she doesn't know her job, so accuses Murnaghan of sexism:

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2016/sep/11/sky-news-presenter-emily-thornberry-name-french-foreign-minister-dermot-murnaghan-video

Looks to me like she needs to learn the basics of her job before playing the sexism card, silly woman.

[Jackdaw33]

50/50 on this one. I don't like the woman but the question was irrelevant.

[ChillDoubt]

Oh I don't know JD. Surely common decency means she ought to know the name of the French minister she's meeting shortly! That's basics for someone in her position.

[Jackdaw33]

I missed that bit. Perhaps an earlier clip would put it in context.

[ChillDoubt]

But it is there, it's also in the link description.

[TonyV]

Hi Chill sounds like in America when Presidently hopeful did not know where Alepopo was will try and attach clip

[TonyV]

Cannot find clip thought it was online

[cassa333]

Women like her make a step backwards in 'the fight' (if there even is such a thing) against sexism.

Shut up and get on with your job and stop trying to deflect from your own shortcomings by accusing other people of stuff.

Can she or did she answer the question? If yes, well done dear you managed to know something about your job. If no, get you finger out and stop playing petty politics and start playing proper politics.

[EDDIE51]

Just imagine the reaction if a male minister had said 'you would not have asked me that if I was a woman' !
The lady is clearly incompetent, how can you not know the name of your opposite number with whom you are about to have a meeting?

[DTCwordfan]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/09/08/where-is-aleppo/

[andy-hughes]

They say the best form of defence is attack - but that depends what you are defending, and who you are attacking!!

Ms Thornberry would have been better with a little damage limitation - I have not yet received all my briefing information ... instead of attacking the interviewer for a spurious and ludicrous 'sexist' attitude.

How to act like both ends of a pantomime horse at the same time!

[youngmafbog]

It's hardly surprising though is it? The shadow cabinet was scrambled together from the few still left supporting Corbyn so this sort of thing will be the result.

And in true labour fashion they can never be wrong; must always be someone else's fault!

[vulcan42]

Doesn't augur well for the future when she has to answer even harder questions. Perhaps she hasn't done the course on LAW (lying and waffle) yet.

[ToraToraTora]

I do have some sympathy with her, these interviewers asking mischievous questions etc. Yes she should know but I do think it's a bit unnecessary of the interviewer. Good point by YMB though, Labour are is such disarray currently I'm surprised she knows her own name!

[andy-hughes]

TTT - //I do have some sympathy with her, these interviewers asking mischievous questions etc. Yes she should know but I do think it's a bit unnecessary of the interviewer. Good point by YMB though, Labour are is such disarray currently I'm surprised she knows her own name! //

I can't agree.

I don't think this question was at all 'mischievous'.

If a shadow minister does not know the name of her international equivalent when she is due to meet him, then she should, and there is no excuse for not knowing.

There is no excuse or qualification for her not knowing, she was caught out fair and square and blustered her way into looking even more incompetent by creating a 'sexism' row where none existed.

[agchristie]

Well,she does get rather mixed up now and again.

It's not that long ago remember that she got her Rochester mixed up with Strood!