Labour's Emily Thornberry quits over 'snobby' tweet, they are just as bad!

Emily Thornberry has resigned from Labour's front bench after sending a tweet during the Rochester and Strood by-election which was branded "snobby".

The shadow attorney general apologised for the message, which showed a terraced house with three England flags, and a white van parked outside.

UKIP said she had "sneered, and looked down her nose at a white van in Strood with the cross of St George on it".

Labour leader Ed Miliband was "angry" at her, a senior figure told the BBC.



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