Emily Thornberry says Boris Johnson ‘has a problem with women’

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Shadow UK foreign secretary Emily Thornberry has insisted British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;a problem with women”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Launching her bid to replace Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Opposition&comma; Ms Thornberry said she was best placed to oust Mr Johnson within five years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She told the PA news agency&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Boris Johnson has all sorts of problems with women&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;And he is going to have an even bigger one if I become leader of the Labour Party&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I think that he has a problem with women&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I have spoken to a number of women who have said that the way he deals with them – and they are younger women – is that he flirts with them&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He makes light of them and he undermines them&period; He has problems with women such as myself&period; He doesn’t know what to do with me&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I think that he doesn’t know how to relate to women&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ms Thornberry insisted Labour can be back in power in the next five years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She told PA&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I think that a competent alternative government could get back into power within five years&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Shadow UK business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey also kicked off her campaign with a speech in Manchester this evening&comma; in which she vowed to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;shake up” the way Government works and put power into the hands of voters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She promised to end the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;gentlemen’s club of politics” by devolving power out of Westminster&comma; while pledging to introduce a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Green New Deal” that unites Labour heartlands&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">Thanks so much to everyone who came to the launch of my campaign in Manchester tonight&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The atmosphere was incredible&period; Together we can unite all of our heartlands &&num;8211&semi; and win&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Join our movement&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;xmR2lDo0tx">https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;xmR2lDo0tx<&sol;a><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;RLB2020&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;RLB2020<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;xwce7W6pEE">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;xwce7W6pEE<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Rebecca Long-Bailey &lpar;&commat;RLong&lowbar;Bailey&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;RLong&lowbar;Bailey&sol;status&sol;1218271125869867008&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">January 17&comma; 2020<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Where I grew up&comma; Westminster&comma; even London&comma; felt like a million miles away&comma;”<&sol;em> she said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The story of the last few years is that many people feel there is something wrong with their laws being drafted hundreds of miles away by a distant and largely unaccountable bureaucratic elite in Brussels&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;But I’ll be honest&comma; Westminster didn’t feel much closer&comma; and it still doesn’t today&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ad-container"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The two frontbenchers are up against shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer&comma; Wigan MP Lisa Nandy and Birmingham Yardley’s Jess Phillips in the contest&comma; the result of which will be announced on April 4&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ecf266e00e8">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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