Hundreds of thousands of Brexit protesters are expected to take part in the ‘Put it to the People’ march. Protesters will be marching today to demand another public Brexit vote, with many anti-Brexiters highlighting the fact that parliament still has no Brexit deal in place and the variety of electoral issues associated with the Vote.
Peoples are gathering and expressing their feelings by posting their updates on social media. Wrexham For Europe #FBPE posted” Setting off with the family for Crewe Station to join the People’s Vote march. See you all soon.” Vale of Glamorgan 4 Europe #FBPE posted” On our way to meet all the Welsh contingent in Hyde Park!” Sarah Wollaston MP tweeted, See you there! #PeoplesVoteMarch
Campaigners are meeting at 12 pm just north of the Hilton Hotel in Park Lane. Head to London demanding People’s Vote at 1 pm the march will start moving down Park Lane along the eastern edge of Hyde Park. Protesters will then turn left along Piccadilly and continue via St James Street and Pall Mall onto Trafalgar Square. The march then proceeds down Whitehall, past Downing Street before it ends up in Parliament Square.
From 2 pm speakers, in support of People’s Vote, will hold speeches outside the Palace of Westminster. Around 200 coaches have been booked to take people into London from across the UK, including Sunderland, Lincoln, Glasgow and Truro. The march, which has been supported by several politicians, is calling for people to have the ‘final say’ in Brexit. They say it will be a day ‘to tell your grandchildren about’ in what could be a ‘case of now or never’. High-profile MPs including Sir Vince Cable, Anna Soubry, David Lammy and Caroline Lucas expected to attend.
Deputy Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, Amelia Womack said: “It has never been more important for the left to come together and stand against the politics of hate which has been allowed to run riot in Britain.” The move significantly increases the pressure on the prime minister’s deal next week. If the deal is rejected in its so-called third ‘meaningful vote’, Britain will be given until April 12 to come back to the European Council with a new deal. If no deal is agreed the possibility would be open for a ‘very long’ extension. Demonstrators calling for a final Brexit deal to be put to the people have placed the march from Park Lane to Parliament Square in hope of stopping Brexit altogether.
> Alma Siddiqua
UK: Brexit Protesters are Set to Take Part in the ‘Put it to the People’
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