'She may find it hard to wave a St George's flag' Green's savage PMQs jibe at Thornberry
FIRST SECRETARY Damien Green tore into Emily Thornberry with a fiery jibe over the shadow foreign secretary's history with the St George's flag.
The Labour Party frontbencher, who stood in for Jeremy Corbyn in Prime Minister's Questions, referenced her past resigning over an incident involving an England flag.
Mr Green was quick to jump back with a dig in the House of Commons as the pair clashed. Theresa May is in the Middle East and could not attend the weekly session.
Ms Thornberry said: "Thank you very much Mr Speaker. Let me first join the Secretary of State in congratulating the RAF on its anniversary.
"And congratulating Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on their engagement.
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"That's one anglo-American couple we on this side will be delighted to see holding hands.
"I'm sure that Prince Harry, the patron of rugby football league will be joining all of us in supporting the England team in the World Cup final on Saturday.
"And I for one, will be of course waving my St George's flag."
Ms Thornberry resigned from the Labour shadow cabinet in 2014 after she posted a photo of a house with three St George's flags hanging outside it.
She may find it difficult to wave her St George's flag
Mr Green came back with a fiery dig after the shadow foreign secretary tried to make light of the incident.
He said: "She may find it difficult to wave her St George's flag, but I will be doing so for the English rugby league team."
The opposition benches began to try to interrupt the First Secretary before he finished his point.
"As a Welsh rugby fan, I may find it even more difficult than her," he said. "But I will be doing so as well."
Alongside Ms Thornberry's tweet of the image which showed St George's flags, the caption read: "Image from #Rochester".
The Labour MP faced huge backlash following the tweet and apologised for any offence caused.
She also told the Mail Online at the time: "It was a house covered in British flags. I've never seen anything like it before.
"It had three huge flags covering the whole house. I thought it was remarkable. I've never seen a house completely covered in flags."
David Cameron described the comments at the time as suggesting Ms Thornberry was "sneering" at hard working patriotic people in the country.
