Hundreds of thousands of people opposed to Britain's withdrawal from the European Union marched through central London on Saturday (March 23) to demand a new referendum as the deepening Brexit crisis risked sinking Prime Minister Theresa May's premiership.
Pro-EU protesters gathered for a "Put it to the people march" at Marble Arch on the edge of Hyde Park around midday, before marching past the prime minister's office in Downing Street and finishing outside parliament.
Marchers set off with banners proclaiming "time for People's Vote 2" and "referendum was advisory, people's vote is democracy" in what organisers said could be the biggest anti-Brexit protest yet.
While there was no official estimate of the numbers, campaign organisers said hundreds of thousands of people were in the crowd as it began to march.
After three years of tortuous debate, it is still uncertain how, when or even if Brexit will happen as May tries to plot a way out of the gravest political crisis in at least a generation.
A petition to cancel Brexit altogether gained 4 million signatures in just 3 days after May told the public "I am on your side" over Brexit and urged lawmakers to get behind her deal.
May hinted on Friday (March 22) that she might not bring her twice-defeated EU divorce deal back to parliament next week, leaving her Brexit strategy in meltdown. The Times and The Daily Telegraph reported that pressure was growing on May to resign.
Autor: gf / Źródło: TVN24 News in English, Reuters