Gina Miller: Brexit, taking on the government, and ending the chaos

Unfiltered with Oli Dugmore

Unfiltered with Oli Dugmore || JOE Media

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🗓️ 17 September 2018

⏱️ 59 minutes

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You probably know Gina Miller as the woman who took the government to court for attempting to implement Brexit without a vote in Parliament, but there’s much more to Gina Miller than the headlines.In this fascinating interview with James O’Brien, Gina shares her story, moving from Guyana to the UK, becoming a successful businesswoman, her campaigns and crusades for transparency and fairness, culminating in the Brexit legal challenge and the fallout that followed.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Unfiltered with James O'Brien, brought to you by Joe.
0:04.4	Hello and welcome to Unfiltered with me, James O'Brien. I'm about to introduce you to
0:15.5	someone whose name you will recognize but about whom I don't think you'll know very much
0:20.3	apart from Brexit. Gina Miller, businesswoman campaigner and the lead
0:24.4	challenger legally of the government on that determination to make Parliament
0:29.2	vote on triggering Article 50. She's written a book, it's called Rise, Life Lessons in Speaking Outstanding Tall
0:35.2	and Leading The Way and, well, I'm not going to lie to you, I'm at risk of being a bit of a
0:41.5	fan boy on this one.
0:42.6	Three years ago it strikes me that most people listening to this wouldn't have had a
0:52.0	clue who you are.
0:53.4	Well in certain sectors I would have known who I was in the dry world of investments and pensions
0:58.7	where I've been campaigning.
1:00.7	Unfiltered is not.
1:01.7	Exactly. It's not targeted uniquely or specifically at the world of investment
1:05.4	of venture. But maybe the charity sector a bit more because I've been pretty
1:08.9	robust than what I've been saying calling out some of the dubious behaviors there but
1:12.2	generally no I don't think most people would have
1:14.4	known you'd achieved it I mean a commercial prominence and success but also politically you were involved I think in helping
1:20.7	draft a 2015 manifesto.
1:23.0	Yeah, so on pension reform in the 2015 manifesto,
1:27.4	which never was, obviously, because they didn't win.
1:29.8	But no, I have been politically involved in that
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