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Anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller accuses news media of ‘stifling’ free expression and putting owners’ interests above readers

By Freddy Mayhew

Leading anti-Brexit figure Gina Miller has taken a swipe at news organisations for “putting the best interests of their owners first” as she delivered an award for broadcast journalism last night.

Miller rose to fame after issuing a legal challenge against the Government to give Parliament a vote on whether the Prime Minister could trigger Article 50 to take Britain out of the European Union.

She spoke at a ceremony for the Charles Wheeler Award for Outstanding Contribution to Broadcast Journalism, held at the University of Westminster in London, which was awarded to Channel 4’s Michael Crick.

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