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24 September 2019

A digital campaign was launched attacking the Supreme Court within minutes of its ruling

Posts by the Leave.EU campaign targeted individual judges in an attempt to paint their decision as politically motivated.

By Jasper jackson

Leave.EU and other pro-Brexit campaigners launched a social media campaign questioning the impartiality of judges on the Supreme Court within minutes of this morning’s ruling against Boris Johnson’s suspension of parliament.

The first post on the Leave.EU page ran with the text: “Today a panel of unaccountable lawyers have totally overturned our constitutional order in a desperate attack on the democratic will of 17.4m British voters. This is a dark day for our country that will not be forgotten by the pro-Brexit majority.”

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