Pro-EU group predicts thousands will march on Westminster to demand second Brexit vote
THOUSANDS of pro-EU campaigners are set to march on Westminster on the second anniversary of the referendum tomorrow to demand the public has a say on the final Brexit deal.
Campaign group People’s Vote predicts the event will be its largest ever demonstration and hopes to attract more than 100,000 people.
A spokesman said: “There is real anger and frustration in the country about the way politicians have made such a mess of Brexit and, while it is difficult to predict exact numbers, we’re confident this will be the biggest Brexit protest yet.”
The march begins at Pall Mall at noon and ends at Parliament Square with 50 coaches bringing people to attend from all over the country.
Conservative MP Anna Soubry, Green party co-leader Caroline Lucas, Labour MP David Lammy and leader of the Liberal Democrats Vince Cable are among the speakers. A delivery driver from Romford, a World War Two veteran from Devon and a maths teacher from Newcastle will also address the crowd. The rally will include the launch of a petition demanding another vote before a final decision is taken to leave the European Union.
It emerged today that almost half of voters want a second referendum on Brexit. A survey by Survation for ITV’s Good Morning Britain suggested the UK would vote in a fresh poll to remain in the EU by a margin of 53 per cent to 47 per cent. The survey also found 43 per cent of voters back a soft Brexit, in which the UK would stay in both the single market and customs union, while 37 per cent favour a hard Brexit in which Britain would leave both.
Only 35 per cent of people said Brexit would be good for the UK economy, while 39 per cent said it would be bad.
Polling expert Professor John Curtice said: Theresa May’s January 2017 Lancaster House speech “did people’s perceptions of Brexit a lot of good”. “After that people went, ‘Oh, government knows what it’s doing’. Then Mrs May had a mad walk in the woods and it was dissipated by the General Election.”