- Title: Protesters demand second EU membership referendum
- Date: 19th October 2019
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (OCTOBER 19, 2019) (REUTERS) PROTESTERS GATHERED IN PARLIAMENT SQUARE HOLDING EUROPEAN UNION AND UNION JACK FLAGS / BRITAIN'S HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT IN BACKGROUND VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS APPLAUDING PLACARD WITH IMAGES OF BRITISH PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON, BREXIT PLANNING MINISTER MICHAEL GOVE AND LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS JACOB REES-MOGG, READING (English): "ETON MESS" PROTESTERS GATHERED OUTSIDE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, PLACARD READING (English): "ME & EU" IN SHAPE OF HEART PLACARDS WITH IMAGES OF JOHNSON AND FORMER BRITISH PRIME MINISTER DAVID CAMERON READING (English): "TWAT' AND "LYING TWAT" (SOUNDBITE) (English) PROTESTER, DAVID (LAST NAME UNKNOWN), SAYING: "It concerns me more that we have a prime minister who would publicly state a willingness to disobey the parliament and I'd hoped today that we'd see our parliamentarians grow a backbone and kick the deal out and revoke Article 50 because they should be representing the best interest of the nation as a whole and throughout the past three years we have seen no evidence whatsoever that leaving the EU will benefit anything other than a very small minority who have a vested interest to leave." VARIOUS OF PLACARDS PLACED IN PILE OF GRAVEL NEAR CONSTRUCTION SITE OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT PROTESTERS GATHERED OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT (SOUNDBITE) (English) PROTESTER AND DUAL BRITISH AND FRENCH CITIZEN CURRENTLY LIVING IN PARIS, BARBARA MAURELET SUTTON, SAYING: "Of course they put off the vote. How can they decide on something which is going to affect our children and grandchildren's future for generations ahead in 48 hours? It's ridiculous. Things are changing daily, hourly at the moment and our politicians need time to really scrutinise all the consequences of this deal, which seems at even first glance to be a really rubbish deal." PLACARD READING (English): "MAY'S DEAL, JOHNSON'S DEAL" WITH IMAGE OF PIGS FLYING (SOUNDBITE) (English) PROTESTER, GEORGINA HART, SAYING: "So, the answer is not just to drive it through because we can't be bothered to sort it out properly. We've got to take our time over this, we've got to go back to the people, we've got to do a lot more thinking about it. It's not alright just to say, well it's been three years and we're all getting bored with it, no." PROTESTERS GATHERED WATCHING RALLY FROM BIG SCREEN PLACARD READING (English): "EU WE LOVE YOU" YOUNG CHILD WATCHING RALLY SIGN READING (English): "PUT IT TO THE PEOPLE" PEOPLE WATCHING SCREEN, PLACARD READING (English): "CONTRIBUTING IMMIGRANT" WITH ARROW POINTING DOWN VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS IN CENTRAL LONDON
- Embargoed: 2nd November 2019 17:07
- Keywords: Brexit UK British parliament protest Brexit delay protesters defend parliament
- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: European Union,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001B1RJ8EF
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Hundreds of thousands of Britons marched through London on Saturday (October 19) to demand a new Brexit referendum and celebrated as lawmakers in parliament voted to postpone Britain's departure from the European Union.
The protesters waved EU flags under sunny skies and held placards that employed creativity and humour, while the mood a protesters ranged from anger to despair. Many railed against political leaders championing Brexit for being elite and out of touch.
The crowd clogged vast stretches of central London, with thousands of people waiting to begin the march at Hyde Park by the time others had reached parliament as lawmakers held the first Saturday session since the 1982 Falklands war.
After more than three years of debate, it is still uncertain how, when or even if Brexit will happen as Prime Minister Boris Johnson tries to pass his new Brexit deal and plots a way out of the deepest political crisis in a generation.
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