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LONDON Tens of thousands of anti-Brexit protesters marched Saturday in London to demand a new referendum on leaving the European Union, as a divided Britain marked the second anniversary of its vote to quit the bloc.
Leading Brexit supporters, meanwhile, warned the British government not to delay or water down the divorce from the 28-nation bloc. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Prime Minister Theresa May must deliver the full British Brexit that voters were seeking.
Britain voted 52 percent to 48 percent on June 23, 2016 to quit the EU, and its official exit is slated for March 29, 2019. But the country and its Conservative government remain divided about what kind of economic relationship it wants with the EU.
Opponents of Brexit, many waving EU flags, marched through central London to Parliament on Saturday, calling for a referendum on whatever divorce deal is agreed between Britain and the EU.
The crowd numbered in the tens of thousands, with organizers estimating 100,000 people took part. Police did not give an official estimate. A rival pro-Brexit march, demanding that the U.K. not compromise with the EU, drew a far smaller crowd.
The Peoples Vote campaign, which organized the march, argues that public opinion is turning against Brexit as the economic costs become clearer.
James McGrory, one of the organizers, said voters were made all kinds of promises during the Brexit referendum.
But two years later, all weve got are broken promises, an economy thats already feeling the strain of Brexit and a government paralyzed by internal divisions, he said.
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lark
(23,147 posts)So will fight it tooth and nail. They want to destroy England like they want to destroy us.
Xolodno
(6,398 posts)...then by all means. Do it again, but make sure it isn't influenced again. Democracy can get it wrong on occasion and democracy has the ability to rectify a mistake.
Wounded Bear
(58,696 posts)Much like American Democrats, I think the British people felt "it would never happen" and got complacent about turning out and voting.
Sound familiar? It should. When a democracy runs on low voter turnout for too long, it gets minority rule.
Xolodno
(6,398 posts)Sometimes it takes getting slapped in the face for people to realize... "oh shit...that shouldn't have happened"
Algernon Moncrieff
(5,790 posts)However, if Britain backs out of Brexit, the EU will want assurances they won't change their mind again.
Wounded Bear
(58,696 posts)but it looks like the EU charter actually helped by slowing down the process enough to generate the backlash.
Isolationism and xenophobia is on the march again, and sane people need to fight back.