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Angry Over Brexit, Thousands Gather in London Demanding New Referendum

Reuters

   LONDON - The battle over Brexit spilled onto the streets of London on
   Saturday when tens of thousands of people gathered to demand a new
   referendum while lawmakers decided the fate of Britain's departure from
   the European Union.

   Protesters waving EU flags and carrying signs calling for Brexit to be
   halted gathered at London's Park Lane before a march through the center
   of the capital to parliament.

   "I am incensed that we are not being listened to. Nearly all the polls
   show that now people want to remain in the EU. We feel that we are
   voiceless," said Hannah Barton, 56, a cider maker from central England,
   who was draped in an EU flag.

   "This is a national disaster waiting to happen and it is going to
   destroy the economy."

   Many protesters carried placards, some comparing Brexit to the election
   of U.S. President Donald Trump. Some wore elaborate costumes with one
   group dressed as fruit and vegetables.

   There were also papier mache models mocking politicians such as Prime
   Minister Boris Johnson.

   "I don't like the sort of place the country is becoming. We have become
   a more angry country than before the referendum," said Phil Canney, 33,
   a mechanical engineer.

   "If what Johnson is putting to parliament today was the argument in the
   referendum they would have lost by a landslide. They have taken the
   result and run away with it to excuse anything they want to do."
   

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