Having spent four years sticking to a wave at the end of conference and the odd photograph together with her husband, Justine Thornton has burst onto centre stage at Labour’s conference. Mrs Miliband – and she uses her Miliband name today – has written to Labour activists pledging her commitment to getting her man into Downing Street:
‘Honestly, as a young lawyer who wanted to change the world, I never would have believed that I would become a politician’s wife. It’s not a role you apply for, nor one I’ve found easy to understand. Just after Ed won, I Googled a few terms to see if there were books I could read on the role of a politician’s spouse. All that came up was references to ‘the good wife’, and that wasn’t quite what I had in mind. But despite some of the personal challenges, I couldn’t be more committed to campaigning for a Labour win next year.’
Justine Miliband was reportedly the surprise hit at Ed’s summer party for friends and donors, and quietly campaigned up in Scotland during the referendum.
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