Emily Thornberry scored the first major burn against would-be PM Suella Braverman

Oonagh Keating. Updated July 7th, 2022

As most prime-ministerial hopefuls whispered in corridors and set up new WhatsApp groups, one soul proudly poked her head above the parapet to declare an interest.

.@Peston: A number of your colleagues have wondered if you have thought about standing?@SuellaBraverman: I’ll be honest with you, Robert. Yes, I will.

The Attorney General says she wants to be the UK’s next Prime Minister.#Peston pic.twitter.com/mpjcDejEoe

— Peston (@itvpeston) July 6, 2022

The Attorney General, previously a Johnson loyalist, wasn’t exactly inundated with supportive tweets.

Suella Braverman wanting to be PM proves that stupid people really are too stupid to understand how stupid they are.

— Parody Boris (@Parody_PM) July 6, 2022

Got to respect Suella Braverman running for the leadership, thereby confirming there really are no exceptions to the rule that things can always get worse

— Chaminda Jayanetti (@cjayanetti) July 6, 2022

To be fair, Suella Braverman is just as well suited to being PM as she is to being Attorney General.

That is, not suited *in any way, shape or form*.

— Prof Paul Bernal (@PaulbernalUK) July 6, 2022

the person I would back for next Tory leader is Suella Braverman because she would lead them to an epic defeat

— dave ❄️ 🥕 🧻 (@davemacladd) July 7, 2022

But it was only when she faced Shadow Attorney General, Emily Thornberry, that she got a taste of what it might be like to be the PM.

"Can I say, what an honour it is to be at this dispatch box facing the next Prime Minister as she awaits her call from the Palace, a true honour"
says @EmilyThornberry as Suella takes attorney general questions in the Commons pic.twitter.com/GPM9CRcg4q

— Mason Boycott-Owen (@Masonboyowen) July 7, 2022

If that isn’t an audition for PMQs, we don’t know what is.

Salty Thornberry. https://t.co/CmhvgIfuHe

— Sarah Phelps (@PhelpsieSarah) July 7, 2022

Good to see @emilythornberry living her best life https://t.co/Zguiop0oRX

— gabyhinsliff (@gabyhinsliff) July 7, 2022

Her sass, it never fails. https://t.co/0G0stHQFI1

— sianushka (@sianushka) July 7, 2022

one thing you can be sure of: Emily Thornberry is going to give a camp line reading at any given opportunity pic.twitter.com/bJ0Qbd5LYL

— C. (@csher1991) July 7, 2022

Emily Thornberry quietly destroying Suella Braverman. pic.twitter.com/slNSfFboWv

— Tim Brannigan (@tim_brannigan) July 7, 2022

In short –

Emily Thornberry never misses. https://t.co/3NudldcnwH

— William Cooper (@WillPCooper) July 7, 2022

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