Gina Miller
Gina Miller was the lead claimant in the 2016 constitutional legal case against the UK Government over triggering Article 50 and the sole claimant in 2019 regarding Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s attempt to prorogue – close down – Parliament for five weeks. Born and raised in Guyana, she went to boarding school in England at the age of eleven and went on to study Law at the University of East London, then Marketing at the University of North London. In 2009, she and her husband Alan Miller co-founded SCM Direct, a disruptive investment management company. She has three children: Lucy-Ann, Luca and Lana.
Gina is a passionate believer in responsible capitalism and benevolence and feels we all have a duty to give back to the society that affords us success, including actively stepping up and defending what is right.
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“I've always believed in standing up for what I think is right. I've always believed in speaking up when other voices are silent. I've always believed in refusing to be cowed by those who shout over you, who want you to go away, who think that just by dragging you through the mud, you will break.”
Gina Miller: the woman who took on the UK government and won – twice
Gina Miller, author of the extraordinary memoir Rise, has taken the UK government all the way to the Supreme Court twice and now won twice. First on its authority to trigger article 50 without parliamentary approval and now on the unlawful prorogation of parliament.
Guardian
Gina Miller, author of Rise, talks to James O’Brien about moving from Guyana to the UK, becoming a successful businesswoman, and her campaigning work, including on Brexit.