emily thornberry. the two osmond brothers stood up and waved as mps cheered.t remember them from their ‘70s hay day — here they are with their other brothers. anyway, like the speaker, i digress. emily thornberry began with a reference to england's world cup semi—final to be played later in the day. i may know very little about football, but even i can see that england's progress so far at the world cup shows what can be achieved when all the individual players work effectively as a team... cheering ..when there is a clear game plan, and when they are all working together, and, of course, when everyone respects and listens to the manager. so, can i simply ask the minister of state what lessons he thinks the england team could teach this shambles of a government. mr speaker, i think that the england team does teach good lessons, which is about the importance of having a clear plan, which the leader... ..which the team... ..which the team captain has the full support of the squad in delivering, and we will of course be publishing tomorrow full details of the uni

emily thornberry. the two osmond brothers stood up and waved as mps cheered. their 70s heyday, here they are with their other brothers. anyway, like the speaker, i digress. emily thornberry began with a reference to england's world cup semifinal, which was to be played later in the day. i may know very little about football, but even i can see that england's progress so far at the world cup shows what can be achieved when all the individual players work effectively asa team... cheering and laughter this ..when there's a clear game plan and when they're all working together and, of course, when everyone respects and listens to the manager. laughter so can i simply ask the minister of state what lessons he thinks the england team could teach this shambles of a government? mr...mrspeaker, ithink that the england team does teach some good lessons, which is about the importance of having a clear plan, which the leader... which the team... which the team captain has the full support of the squad in delivering, and we will, of course, be publishing tomorrow full deta

questions, sometimes it is easy, and this week was probably one of those occasions, because emily thornberrys summit and then the whole chequers summit and then the resignations, 24 emily thornberry to go out, which she julie did, giving it a sort of three lions twist. have a listen. let me wish gareth southgate and in this team as much luck, for this match and hopefully for the final on sunday. i may know very little about football but even ican see very little about football but even i can see that england's progress so far other world cup shows what can be achieved when all the individual players work effectively as a team... laughter when there is a clear game plan, and when they are all working together, and of course when everybody respects and listens to the manager. so can! respects and listens to the manager. so can i simply asked the minister of state what lessons he thinks the england team could teach this shambles of a government? mr speaker, i think that the england team does teach some good lessons, which is about the importance of having a clear plan, which the leader... which

the shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry sat opposite, understudying forjeremy corbyn. thing about the occasion — apparently there were pop stars in the public gallery. jay and merrill osmond... it takes some of us back to the 1970s. we're very pleased to have you, well done! the two osmond brothers stood up and waved as mps cheered... and if you don't remember them from their ‘70s heyday, here they are with their other brothers. anyway, like the speaker, i digress. emily thornberry began with a reference to england's world cup semifinal which was to played later in the day. i may know very little about football but even i can see that england's progress so far at the world cup shows what can be achieved when all the individual players work effectively as a team when there is a clear game plan and when they are all working together and of course when everyone respects and listens to the manager. so can i simply ask the minister of state, what lessons he thinks the england team could teach this shambles of a other mental? —— shambles of a government? mr speaker, i think

thank you very much was speaking to us, emily thornberry.d he thought it was a great success. it was a fantastic evening and could not have been a better setting. the atmosphere was wonderful, the bands we re atmosphere was wonderful, the bands were great and the president of the prime minister got on very well. the president lifted. he overstayed by an hourand president lifted. he overstayed by an hour and everybody was very, very pleased with the evening. —— the president loved it. when it comes to sitting down and discussing detail, it will cover the many areas in which we call operate so deeply. defence, the military, trade, intelligence. there are no two countries in the world, compared with the us and uk, who work as closely as we do. it is remarkable. the comments of one headline in the sun will not impede the success of what has been a well organised visit, coming as it does at a crucial moment between the nato summit in brussels the day before yesterday and yesterday and the planned visit to helsinki afterwards to see president puti

emily thornberry stood in for jeremy corbyn. >> order, questions for the prime minister? chris stevens? >> very wise. [all shouting] >> mr. speaker. asked to reply, my right honorable friend the prime minister is attending the nato summit in brussels. i know members from both sides of these house would like to join me in paying tribute to lord carrington who died on monday. an extraordinary life of public service including defense secretary, foreign secretary, and secretary general of nato. i'm sure too that members and -- on all sides would also wish to commend the incredible efforts of the authorities in volunteers fore the british cave rescue council for their role in the successful rescue operation. we wish them and we wish the boys and their families and coach who were rescued well and tonow we would all wish offer our condolences to the families of the thai diver who sadly lost his life during the rescue operation. finally, sir, i'm sure that all members whichever part of the united kingdom they come from -- -- the united kingdom would join me in congratulating the

i‘m joined now by the shadow foreign secretary — emily thornberry. today exceeds that excitement.oman now languishing injail zaghari—ratcliffe, a woman now languishing in jail because zaghari—ratcliffe, a woman now languishing injail because of zaghari—ratcliffe, a woman now languishing in jail because of what you said in parliament because you have not bothered to read your breathe properly. stop thinking about your leadership ambitions and get on with your dayjob. this today is about boris johnson get on with your dayjob. this today is about borisjohnson going for the leadership because he is worried that someone else has gone for it first and he feels he must catch up. whilst i take everything that you say, brexit is overwhelmingly overriding anything else that goes on in this building behind you and has done for some time. the british public are looking for leadership, for someone to take them through this process. theresa may has made it clear in the last couple of hours, this is her plan and she is going to see it through. let's pause and look at this plan. let‘s look at wha