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Emily Thornberry condemns Dominic Raab for ignoring Yemen

EMILY THORNBERRY condemned Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab in the Commons today for “choosing not to mention Yemen once” in his 1,300 word speech in Manchester.

The shadow foreign secretary criticised the Tory MP for ignoring the crisis at the Conservative Party conference over the weekend.

Ms Thornberry said: “I’m sorry that the foreign secretary has not seen fit to answer this question himself.

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