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London marchers call for second Brexit vote


Hundreds of thousands of people opposed to Britain’s withdrawal from the EU marched through central London on Saturday to demand a new referendum as the deepening Brexit crisis risked sinking Theresa May’s premiership.

Marchers set off in central London with banners proclaiming “the best deal is no Brexit” and “we demand a people’s vote” in what organisers said could be the biggest anti-Brexit protest yet.

After three years of debate, it is still uncertain how, when or even if Brexit will happen as the prime minister tries to plot a way out of the gravest political crisis in at least a generation.

Mrs May hinted on Friday that she might not bring her twice-defeated EU divorce deal back to parliament next week, leaving her Brexit strategy in meltdown.

Pro-EU campaigners gathered for the “Put it to the People” march at Marble Arch on the edge of Hyde Park around midday, before heading past Downing Street and finishing up for a rally outside parliament.

While there was no official estimate of the numbers, campaign organisers said hundreds of thousands of people were in the crowd as it set off.

Organisers were confident that the size of the crowd would exceed a similar rally held in October, when supporters said about 700,000 people turned up.

A petition to cancel Brexit altogether gained 4m signatures in just three days after Mrs May told the public “I am on your side” over Brexit and urged MPs to get behind her deal.

Mrs May has repeatedly ruled out holding another Brexit referendum, saying it would deepen divisions and undermine support for democracy. Brexit supporters say a second referendum would trigger a major constitutional crisis.

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