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Thornberry's political hero: Barbara Castle
Speed limits, seats belts and breathalysers were brought in by the non-driving Barbara Castle when she was Labour's transport secretary.
Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry told Daily Politics reporter Elizabeth Glinka the first overseas development minister, and later MEP, was "the most outstanding woman politician the Labour Party ever had".
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