'It isn't safe for me to go outside', Gina Miller reveals safety fears amid anger at Brexit ruling

Safety risk: Gina Miller has been warned to avoid public spaces by police
Rex Features
Jamie Bullen12 November 2016

Gina Miller, the businesswoman who successfully took the Government to court over when Brexit can be triggered, has revealed police have told her to avoid public spaces for her own safety.

Mrs Miller said her family has been targeted with abuse following her appearance on the Andrew Marr show where she clashed with Nigel Farage over the legal ruling.

The 51-year-old was thrust into the spotlight when she led the legal challenge to Theresa May’s plan to trigger Article 50 without the input of parliament, instead using the “royal prerogative”.

Speaking to the Guardian from a private members’ club in Mayfair, Mrs Miller said she had been told to avoid public spaces for her own safety.

Clash: Nigel Farage and Gina Miller argued over Brexit on the Andrew Marr show
Reuters/BBC

She said: “It isn’t safe for me to go outside.”

Mrs Miller added the abuse her family had received in the wake of the legal ruling and Andrew Marr appearance “felt surreal”.

She added: “I thought I did a court case about preserving the rule of law and the British constitution, and now on a Sunday afternoon I'm walking into a police station.

“We knew it would be bad. But nothing like this, obviously. It's bullying of the worst degree, and I'm not going to let them win.

“This is not the society we have to live in. If anything, all this has proved, more than anything, is that I have to do this.”

Mrs Miller told the Guardian she has been forced to run her business from a VIP club, adding: “We knew it would be bad. But nothing like this, obviously. It's bullying of the worst degree, and I'm not going to let them win.

“This is not the society we have to live in. If anything, all this has proved, more than anything, is that I have to do this.”

The Government launched an immediate appeal against the ruling following permission from the Supreme Court. The challenge will be heard on December 5 and is expected to last four days.

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