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UK: Tens of Thousands Protest Brexit

UK: Tens of Thousands Protest Brexit
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Tens of thousands of people are expected to gather in London on Saturday to demand a second Brexit referendum.

UK: Tens of Thousands Protest Brexit

The protest, which is likely to be the biggest since the 2016 vote to leave the European Union, will culminate outside Parliament, where campaigners will launch a nationwide petition for a "People's Vote".

It takes place on the two year anniversary of the referendum and amid ongoing uncertainty over the outcome of the Brexit process.

The demonstration is being organized by the People's Vote umbrella group, which encompasses a number of organizations campaigning against Brexit. They are demanding a public vote on the eventual deal that Theresa May agrees with Brussels.

The event will include speeches by a number of people from across the UK, including farmers, doctors, students, military veterans and fishermen.

The People's Vote said this represents a shift in their campaign away from Westminster and towards building public support for a second referendum.

They are planning a "Summer of Action" with events across the country designed to foster opposition to Brexit and put pressure on the government to give the public more of a say.

The speakers will appear alongside Tory MP Anna Soubry, Labour's David Lammy, Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable and Green Party co-leader Caroline Lucas.

MPs are expected to vote on the final Brexit deal in the autumn, with the government having repeatedly insisted that leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement remains a possibility.

Ahead of the march, Femi Oluwole, founder of the "Our Future, Our Choice" youth movement, said: "People marching on Saturday are terrified that their futures and their kids' futures might be written in a Brexit deal negotiated by the likes of Theresa May, David Davis and Boris Johnson.

"We didn't trust the establishment in 2016. No blooming way are we going to trust them with this. The People's Vote March is the start of a national campaign that moves beyond Parliament and reminds people they have every right to keep control of their future."

He will be joined at the protest by Brigadier Stephen Goodall, a 96-year-old Second World War veteran who is travelling from Devon to take part.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

 

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