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Death threats and abuse for woman leading Brexit court fight
December 3 at 12:05 AM
LONDON — Gina Miller is paying the price for going to court.
The financial entrepreneur says she has received death threats and racial and sexual abuse since she won a High Court ruling forcing the British government to seek Parliamentary approval before leaving the European Union. She’s hired bodyguards and made “different arrangements” for her children at school.
“It’s turned into a poisoned chalice if you like,” Miller told The Associated Press as she prepared for the Supreme Court to begin hearing the government’s appeal on Monday. “But I’m still determined that I’m carrying on with this. I feel that if I didn’t do it, nobody would be asking the questions I’m asking.”
The EU exit, or Brexit, is only the most recent battleground for Miller, 51, who was born in the former British colony of Guyana but has lived in the U.K. since childhood. She decided not to pursue a legal career because of sexism. Potential investors dismissed her because of her gender. A campaign she led for transparency in money management led some opponents to call her “the Black Widow.”
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The financial entrepreneur says she has received death threats and racial and sexual abuse since she won a High Court ruling forcing the British government to seek Parliamentary approval before leaving the European Union. She’s hired bodyguards and made “different arrangements” for her children at school.
“It’s turned into a poisoned chalice if you like,” Miller told The Associated Press as she prepared for the Supreme Court to begin hearing the government’s appeal on Monday. “But I’m still determined that I’m carrying on with this. I feel that if I didn’t do it, nobody would be asking the questions I’m asking.”
The EU exit, or Brexit, is only the most recent battleground for Miller, 51, who was born in the former British colony of Guyana but has lived in the U.K. since childhood. She decided not to pursue a legal career because of sexism. Potential investors dismissed her because of her gender. A campaign she led for transparency in money management led some opponents to call her “the Black Widow.”
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/death-threats-and-abuse-for-woman-leading-brexit-court-fight/2016/12/03/1ae25c12-b916-11e6-939c-91749443c5e5_story.html