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One Million+ March in UK to Demand Brexit Rethink
“The Prime Minister claims she speaks for Britain. Well, have a look out of the window Prime Minister. Open your curtains. Switch on your TV. Look at this great crowd today. Here are the people.”
With the right-wing U.K. government of Prime Minister Theresa May under fire for the chaos unleashed by failed Brexit negotiations—and a final deadline swiftly approaching—more than a million people took to the streets of London and other cities on Saturday as part of “People’s Vote” demonstrations demanding a new referendum on whether or not the country should leave the European Union.
According to the Independent: the estimate of over one million demonstrators, “provided by the People’s Vote UK, would make it the biggest march to be held in the UK since the Iraq War protest in 2003.”
The Associated Press reports:
The “People’s Vote March” kicked off shortly after noon and snaked from Park Lane and other locations to converge on the U.K. Parliament, where the fate of Brexit will be decided in the coming weeks.
Many marchers carried European Union flags and signs praising the longstanding ties between Britain and continental Europe.
Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable, invited to help lead the march, called the crowd impressive and unified.
“There is a huge turnout of people here from all walks of life, of all ages and from all over the country,” he tweeted. “We are a Remain country now with 60 percent wanting to stop the Brexit mess.”