People love Lady Hale’s magnificent spider brooch – 8 funniest things they said about it

Quite apart from the devastating verdict she delivered on the hapless Boris Johnson, there was one other thing that got people talking about Supreme Court president, Lady Hale.

Her rather fabulous brooch.

That. spider. brooch. https://t.co/Q4NzAGj2jJ

— marisa kabas (@MarisaKabas) September 24, 2019

People wondered if it was a secret message for the so-called prime minister, and indeed this person called it six days ago.

If Lady Hale is wearing her large spider brooch, it means she is about to eat a hapless advocate. #SupremeCourtFacts

— Heather Self FCA CTA(Fellow) (@hselftax) September 18, 2019

And here are our 8 favourite things people said about it.

1.

🎶"Spider brooch, spider brooch,
Giving Johnson a stern reproach"🎶 pic.twitter.com/WyVjzMZYJR

— David QC (@DavidMuttering) September 24, 2019

2.

I know that we’re over the whole interpretative brooch discourse but let us take a minute to admire Lady Hale’s bejewelled spider brooch in its own right pic.twitter.com/xgmFAzTXMT

— Laura Waddell (@lauraewaddell) September 24, 2019

3.

Did spider woman just knock out the hulk? 🕷

— Michael Greenwood (@greenwood100) September 24, 2019

4.

Loving Lady Hale's brooch game. Wiki tells me that in Ancient Egypt, spiders were associated with the goddess Neith in her aspect as spinner and weaver of destiny. I mean. pic.twitter.com/FhFnOQIIyE

— Melissa Harrison 🌾 (@M_Z_Harrison) September 24, 2019

5.

🎵Spiderjudge, Spiderjudge,
Hail Hale cos she just won't budge,
Stops PMs abusing power,
and the rest of his sorry shower,
Look out, here comes the Spiderjudge 🎵#SupremeCourt pic.twitter.com/CBm52U8NlW

— Richard Littler (@richard_littler) September 24, 2019

6.

Ok I know the ruling is important but I really hope that spider doesn’t get Lady Hale before she announces it. #SupremeCourt pic.twitter.com/7twXUMRuHj

— Tiernan Douieb (@TiernanDouieb) September 24, 2019

7.

“The spider is a repairer. If you bash into the web of a spider, she doesn’t get mad. She weaves and repairs it.”
― Louise Bourgeois #SupremeCourt #prorogation #supremecourtuk #ladyhale pic.twitter.com/DKxb1k7tvR

— Rosemary Jane Cronin (@Rosesays) September 24, 2019

8.

Spider-Gran
Spider-Gran
Rules unlawful
Whenever she can

Parliament
You can't prorogue
Lady Hale and her Spider brooch

Look out!

Here comes the Spider-Gran pic.twitter.com/VJNbZgvY1G

— Jack Kirby-Lowe (@jackkirby) September 24, 2019

It turns out it’s not Lady Hale’s only brooch. She’s got a whole bunch of them.

https://twitter.com/lottelydia/status/1176439190545997826

And she would have chosen this one very carefully, apparently.

🕷️Also, for anyone wondering, Lady Hale, who is an absolute legend, will 100% have chosen this spider broach deliberately. pic.twitter.com/EAGj7MvEZG

— Adam Wagner (@AdamWagner1) September 24, 2019

There was one question everyone had.

Where can you buy giant spider brooches? #SupremeCourt #unlawful pic.twitter.com/Kkw2umj4hG

— Kate Nicholl (@KateNicholl) September 24, 2019

Well, it’s not a brooch but you can buy a Lady Hale spider T-shirt here, with 30% of proceeds going to Shelter.

Get your Lady Hale Spider-Woman shirts here. https://t.co/2awaGbRtAz

— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) September 24, 2019

To conclude …

give Lady Hale and her giant spider brooch a statue you cowards

— Kirsty Strickland (@KirstyStricklan) September 24, 2019

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