Video: Ed Miliband: Labour doesn't share Thornberry's view on England flag Ed Miliband has insisted he became angry with one of his closest allies after she implied it was odd for people to have England flags in their window. Emily Thornberry was forced to quit as shadow attorney general after her picture of a house draped in England flags with a white van parked outside with the message "Image from Rochester" provoked a storm of protest. Mr Miliband said Ms Thornberry was right to resign as she had been disrespectful to the family who live in the house, although he did not think she had intended to sneer at them. Asked what went through his mind when he saw a white van outside a house with England flags, Mr Miliband replied: "What goes through my mind is respect - respect is a basic rule of politics and I'm afraid her tweet conveyed a sense of disrespect. I thought there was nothing unusual or odd as her tweet implied about having England flags in your window - that's why I was so angry about it and that's why I think it was right she resigned.