Brits in £17-a-night deals at terror hotspot
BREXIT campaigner Gina Miller has revealed vile death threats could force her to leave the UK.
Police are probing at least 22 cases of intimidation – including a £5,000 bounty on her head.
Mrs Miller, 51, who has now won her legal battle with the Government, said: “We’ve had graphic letters where they’ve taken the time to cut and paste images of me being shot, beheaded, gang raped. They send very long messages on email or through LinkedIn. One person put a £5,000 bounty on my head for me to be run over.
“They have this idea that I’m not human – I should be beheaded, or I should ‘go back to slavery’.
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“It’s quite extraordinary the depths it goes to. People pick up the phone and actually shout and scream at us. These are genuine threats. These are people who know where my office is and can see me walk in in the morning.”
She has also been warned she will be the “next Jo Cox” – the MP who was shot and stabbed to death – and will have acid thrown in her face.
The shock outpouring of hatred follows Mrs Miller’s legal battle to stop PM Theresa May bypassing Parliament while taking Britain out of the EU. The businesswoman was one of several campaigners whose challenge was upheld by the Supreme Court last week.
But now she fears she may have to move abroad to escape her vicious trolls.
She said: “It makes me so sad, because this is my home. This is what I’ve been fighting for. That’s the thing that upsets me most, the idea my security could be so at risk that I would have to leave the UK.
“I don’t want to leave my home, my friends, my family. I’ve been here since I was 10. Why would I want to do that?”
The Guyanese-born fund manager added tearfully: “I don’t want to leave the UK. But the choice would have to be Britain, or my children and my family’s safety.”
Panic buttons have been installed in her TRAVEL websites have lured thousands of Brits to terror hotspot Tunisia on deals at just £17 a night.
The stays are at four-star hotels near the Sousse spot where 30 Britons were massacred by an Islamic State gunman two years ago.
The Foreign Office advises Britons not to travel to the North African home, a protection team has been hired to work with the police, and cyber security has been stepped up amid attempts to hack her websites.
Eight cease and desist letters have been issued through the Met Police, two arrests have been made and at least 12 other inquiries are ongoing.
She no longer uses public transport and spends weekends locked in her London home with husband Alan and their family. Her children do not have access to social media. But she added: “My son was walking past my laptop country amid fears they could again be targeted by jihadists.
But Trivago offered a double room at the Hannibal Palace – a 10-minute drive from where Seifeddine Rezgui killed 38 tourists – for £17 a night.
Just 20 minutes down the beach, half-board rooms for £25 a night were available at Hotel Marahaba Beach on Lastminute.com. And a when I was working one day. He saw an email and got very concerned.
“I thought my daughter was coping, but one Sunday we’d run out of food. I needed to nip to the end of the road and said I’d be five or 10 minutes. But it was obviously too long – she had a complete meltdown.
“She was screaming at my husband, ‘ You’ve got to go and get Mummy. Something has happened to Mummy.’”
She said: “I’m frightened, fearful and I’m always looking over my shoulder. That’s how we’re living our lives every day.” double room with breakfast at Riadh Palms was £28 on Expedia, although the firm has now removed all Tunisia trips from its site.
Some 23,428 Brits went to Tunisia last year, compared with 400,000 in 2014. But despite grim details of the Sousse attack at an inquest last week, websites are failing to carry the Foreign Office’s “do not travel” warning. Frank Grehany, of Holidaytravelwatch. com, said: “Serious questions must be asked if companies promote sun-soaked beaches and azure blue seas over the reality or history of risk.”
The Association of British Travel Agents says firms should pass on Foreign Office advice. Lastminute and Trivago did not comment.