Cartmel Racecourse apologises for tweet calling anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller a 'b****'

Cartmel has apologised after offensive tweets appeared to be sent from its account regarding Brexit and Gina Miller.

The tweets accused Ms Miller, who led the legal challenge against the move to prorogue parliament, of having “caused all of the chaos three years ago” as well as describing her as “an awkward defiant bitch”.

One social media user shared screen grabs of the tweets in question, writing: “Either Cartmel’s Twitter’s been hacked, or somebody forgot to switch accounts..”

The racecourse issued a statement via their Twitter account apologising for the rogue posts, which have been deleted. They were sent after Ms Miller appeared on Thursday’s BBC Question Time.

“Late last night there was an incident of unauthorised use of the Cartmel Racecourse social media account,” the statement read.

The racecourse has apologised for the tweets (Getty)

“This led to unauthorised tweets being posted and subsequently circulated. The tweets were not sent from Cartmel Racecourse and do not represent, or in any way reflect, the views of Cartmel Racecourse.

“We apologise if these unauthorised social media tweets caused any upset or offence.”