- Title: Protesters demand second referendum on Johnson's big Brexit day
- Date: 19th October 2019
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (OCTOBER 19, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS PROFANITY*** VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS HOLDING PLACARDS AND EU FLAGS DURING BEGINNING OF MARCH BRITISH PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON LOOK-ALIKE HOLDING PLACARDS READING (English): "GRANTS FOR BLONDES", SAYING SORRY TO PROTESTERS AS THEY WALK BY PROTESTERS HOLDING EU FLAGS (SOUNDBITE) (English) PROTESTER AND UNIVERSITY STUDENT, OWEN CALLADHAL, SAYING: "I'm a politics student. I just think... So, I was too young to vote, so I was 17 in the actual vote. I'm 21 now and I study politics and where was my say? I want to be able to say something about it." PROTESTER HOLDING HEART SHAPED PLACARDS READING (English): "WE LOVE ACCESS TO MEDICINES" AND "WE LOVE FREE MOVEMENT" / ANOTHER PROTESTER HOLDING POSTER READING (English): "YES TO EUROPE, NO TO CLIMATE CHOAS." (SOUNDBITE) (English) PROTESTER, ALI MOONCIE, AND HUSBAND, BEN MOONCIE, SAYING: ALI: "But you can't ignore this many people." BEN: "The people's power has to be responded to." ALI: "We have children, we have grandchildren and we want a future for them, it's in Europe, it's with all of our friends and family who are - we're all Europeans and that's why we're here." PROTESTER HOLDING PLACARD READING (English): "STOP BREXIT, I AM EUROPEAN" (SOUNDBITE) (English) PROTESTER, KATE NOAKES, SAYING: "We need to change our minds. It's absolutely essential that whatever nonsense is going on in the palace of Westminster today, we the people need to give our opinion on it. And for me, that means stay in Europe for the sake of my children." PLACARD WITH IMAGE OF BORIS JOHNSON READING (English): "WESTMINSTER HORROR SHOW" PROTESTERS MARCHING FLOAT DEPICTING BORIS JOHNSON AND HIS SPECIAL ADVISER DOMINIC CUMMINGS (SOUNDBITE) (English) 15-YEAR-OLD PROTESTER, SOPHIE MILNER, WHO JOINED MARCH WITH HER MOTHER, SAYING: "Well I don't think Boris should be in power and, I really, I don't think he should have a final say and he's saying that Brexit, the people have spoken, but the people have not spoken."
- Embargoed: 2nd November 2019 14:21
- Keywords: Brexit deal protest Boris Johnson protesters London demonstration remainers House of Commons vote 'super Saturday'
- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA001B1RIWJR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS PROFANE TEXT ON PROTESTER'S HEADGEAR IN SHOT 6
Hundreds of thousands of Britons marched through London on Saturday (October 19) to demand a new Brexit referendum, saying their views were being ignored as lawmakers in parliament decided the fate of Britain's departure from the European Union.
The protesters, some having travelled for hours from around the United Kingdom to get to the capital, waved EU flags under sunny skies and held placards that employed creativity and wit.
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 where lawmakers held the first Saturday session since the 1982 Falklands war.
"We need to change our minds. It's absolutely essential that whatever nonsense is going on in the palace of Westminster today, we the people need to give our opinion on it. And for me, that means stay(ing) in Europe for the sake of my children," said protester Kate Noaks, wearing blue and yellow accessories to match the march's countless EU flags.
After more than three years of tortuous 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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