Labour MP Emily Thornberry has been appointed as chair of the UK parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, to the outrage of Syria activists over comments made when she was the party’s shadow foreign secretary. Thornberry was voted in as chair by British MPs on Wednesday, who are in the process of electing select committees – cross-party bodies that oversee government expenditure and policies – for the next parliamentary term. “I am delighted to have been elected Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee and grateful for the support of my colleagues across the whole House,” said Thornberry in a sta…