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Justine Thornton

Justine Thornton is a barrister and visiting professor at University College London. She will become Queen's Counsel on 22 February 2016

May 2016

  • Barack Obama, Justin Trudeau, Michelle Obama and Sophie Gregoire Trudeau

    double quotation markAs Ed Miliband's wife, here's my advice for Sophie Trudeau

    Justine Thornton
    Canada’s most prominent political spouse deserves help. I struggled to get this ill-defined role right, with cameras poised to capture every gaffe

January 2016

  • Parliament Hill during April 2015, when pollution warnings were issued about air quality in London

    double quotation markAir pollution at this level for 10 more years will put a generation at risk

    Justine Thornton
    The courts must be involved: the quality of air our children breathe is too important to be decided in secret by ministers and the motor trade
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