More than 500,000 people, supporters of the
European Union marched through London on Saturday as part of what
organisers say will be the largest ever demonstration to demand that
the British government holds a public vote on the terms of Brexit.
Protesters participating in the anti-Brexit demonstration marched through central London on Saturday.
The protesters waved the blue and gold flag of the EU and held up
“Bollocks to Brexit” banners under sunny skies to call for another
referendum on the eventual deal on how Britain will leave the world’s
biggest trading bloc.
The march comes as pressure builds on Prime Minister Theresa May over
her negotiating strategy with just over five months until Britain is
due to leave. There is, so far, no divorce deal and some rebels in May’s
Conservative Party have threatened to vote down a deal if she clinches
one.
At the march, demonstrators carried placards saying “Brexit is pants”
and “time for an EU turn.” Members of parliament from all the main
political parties are set to join the demonstration.
The 2016 referendum saw 52 percent vote in favour of leaving the
European Union. But the past two years have been politically fraught as
the government has struggled to agree on a plan and there are fears that
Britain leave the bloc without a deal.
Some opinion polls have shown a slight shift in favour of remaining
in the European Union, but there has yet to be a decisive change in
attitudes and many in Britain say they have become increasingly bored by
Brexit.
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