Labour’s shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry laughed as she admitted “I smoked dope” during a live interview today (22 March). Ms Thornberry appeared on LBC’s breakfast show on Friday and was asked by presenter Nick Ferrari: “Emily Thornberry, did you do drugs at university?” The MP replied: “Yeah, I smoked dope.” “Does it matter?”, the presenter asked, as he spoke of the “fixation” the public has on politician’s past drug use. The Labour MP replied: “It’s up to the public really, I mean it was a long time ago.” Mr Ferrari then asked Ms Thornberry: “When did you last light up a joint?”