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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Owen Bowcott

Lord Etherton obituary

Terence Etherton in 2016. Among many achievements, he was a member of Great Britain’s international fencing team between 1976 and 1980.
Terence Etherton in 2016. Among many achievements, he was a member of Great Britain’s international fencing team between 1976 and 1980. Photograph: Judicial Office/PA

When the Daily Mail damned three senior judges as “enemies of the people” for their Brexit case judgment in 2016, it rubbed a little extra prejudice into the insult for Terence Etherton.

The newly appointed master of the rolls, head of the civil judiciary in England and Wales, was initially derided by the paper’s online edition as an “openly gay ex-Olympic fencer”.

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