Gina Miller will go down in legal history as one of the foremost protectors of constitutional rigour, a tenacious agitator for Parliamentary sovereignty and a woman who brought a self-willed prime minister to heel. And she learnt her law in East London.
The book is not yet closed on the Tower Hamlets election fraud scandal despite Scotland Yard ruling out prosecutions as a result of last year’s High Court judgment.
The Metropolitan Police has attempted to clarify its view of evidence presented to the Election Court trial that brought down former mayor Lutfur Rahman after confusion left campaigners furious.
Scotland Yard detectives have been condemned as a “disgrace” and their investigation into alleged Tower Hamlets election fraud called a “whitewash” after a year-long probe unearthed no criminal activity.