Further proof that Mail readers really, really hate lawyers
Ed Miliband’s barrister wife, Justine Thornton, was yesterday skewered by the Daily Mail for breaking “countless cycling laws” on her commute to and from 39 Essex Chambers in the Temple.
As ever, it was the reader comments on the Mail Online version of the story that proved most entertaining — and revealing about middle England’s attitude to lawyers.
Not to be trusted
Wants to ruin Britain
Corrupt
Hypocrites
Conspiring to line their pockets through strategic marriages
Anti-meritocratic
Bereft of ability
Lawyers don’t give a toss about law
Slipping standards
Justine Miliband veers to the right… and breaks countless cycling laws in the process! Ed’s barrister wife risks thousands in fines after multiple road offences [Mail Online]