‘Spiderwoman’ T-Shirts Raise Money For The Homeless

In a remarkable moment for British history, last week the country’s most senior judge Lady Hale delivered the news that the prorogation of parliament was unlawful – whilst wearing a flesh-eating camel spider brooch.

Naturally, social media was soon inundated with pictures of the metaphoric fashion choice, and shortly after, a t-shirt bearing the same venomous spider design went up for sale on eBay, reports the Mirror.

An ominous black hue with a glittering silver spider motif just like Lady Hale’s, the t-shirts cost £10 each – plus £2.95 shipping – with 30% of every sale going to homelessness charity Shelter.

If that wasn’t enough genius for one day, the company behind the t-shirts – Balcony Shirts – is ironically also from Boris Johnson’s own constituency, based in Uxbridge.

According to Balcony Shirt’s Scott Raison, the t-shirts have raised over £5,000 for Shelter in just a few hours after Lady Hale delivered the court’s verdict, as well as catching the eye of MP Jess Phillips, who tweeted “Want!” after spotting a photo of the clever t-shirt online.

Now we just need to find a way for everyone to turn up to parliament wearing them.

But it seems Lady Hale’s penchant for brooches isn’t solely limited to allegory-heavy camel spiders, as she’s also been pictured touting plenty of other creepy crawlies, including frogs, beetles and even a caterpillar on her profile on the Supreme Court website!