Why is Emily Thornberry so unpopular with Labour MPs?

There’s a dramatic day ahead in the Labour leadership contest, with the first stage of the process closing this afternoon. The candidates must have secured the nominations of at least 22 MPs or MEPs by 2.30pm in order to proceed to the next step. And while Keir Starmer, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Jess Phillips and Lisa Nandy have all passed that threshold, Emily Thornberry and Clive Lewis are desperately trying to persuade colleagues to back them in the next few hours.

Thornberry seems more confident than Lewis that she’ll make it. She has 10 nominations so far, while Lewis has just four, and there is a campaign from Labour women to get Thornberry over the line in order to ensure a greater diversity in the contest (presumably because it’s important to have two North London lawyers who insist they are working class despite everyone accusing them of being posh).