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Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry was the first MP to enter the race to be Labour’s next leader, declaring her candidacy just four days after the party’s election defeat. She has been MP for Islington South and Finsbury since 2005 and has served in the shadow cabinet twice, from 2011 to 2014 and again from 2015. So, what do we know about her? Personal lifeMs Thornberry was...