Originally posted by Wikinews. Wikinews content appears under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license except where specified. As these articles are static snapshots of news items that may be later updated, they may not represent the latest or final revision of that article, and posted information may be only preliminary. Thousands march in anti-Brexit protest, London ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 28, 2019 Original URL: https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Thousands_march_in_anti-Brexit_protest,_London Estimates by event organizers indicate roughly one million people marched in London on Saturday during an anti-Brexit ("British exit") march, protesting the pending exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union (EU). Protesters, carrying placards asking the government to revoke Article 50 -- the EU treaty clause invoked by Brexit -- and European Union flags, marched from Hyde Park Corner to Parliament. The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, tweeted, "Here in London, thousands of people from across our city and country have come together with @peoplesvote-uk to send a clear message: Enough is enough - it's time to give the British public the final say on Brexit." There were several speakers at the rally, including First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, Labour MP (Member of Parliament) Tom Watson, and Sadiq Khan. Tom Watson called Prime Minister Theresa May's proposed Brexit deal "lousy" and said he would only vote for it if the British people could also vote for or against it. Nicola Sturgeon said it was "the moment of maximum opportunity" for stopping a no-deal Brexit. Some of the protesters ''Wikinews'' interviewed said they had gone to "defend [their] children's right to live and work in Europe" and "secure [their own] right to work in the EU". One interviewee said people changed their minds and several said they wanted the politicians to stop ignoring them. Not everyone agreed there should be another referendum. One MP told the BBC, "We know that 16 million people wanted to stay in the EU, and some of those would still like to stay in the EU, and within that quite a few would like to have another go and have another referendum -- but it was always a minority". In 2016, the United Kingdom held a referendum on whether to remain part of the European union, which it joined in 1973. About 52% of participating voters voted to leave and 48% to stay. File:2019-03-23 Put it to the People 01.jpg|Stage where speeches were given. File:Anti-Brexit March.jpg|Protesters with large flags and a banner from People's Vote saying "put it to the people". File:Flags and placards at the People's Vote march, London, 23 March 2019.jpg|Protesters at the march. File:Panoramic of Trafalgar Square.jpg|Trafalgar Square. File:People's Vote March at Parliament Square .jpg|Parliament Square. File:Brexit March (133 of 134) (32516969787).jpg|"Revoke arrrticle 50" poster at anti Brexit march in March 2019. File:'Where is David Cameron? Danny Dyer for PM' sign, anti-Brexit march (46733679694).jpg|"Where is David Cameron? Danny Dyer for PM" sign. File:Put it to the People march, London, 23 March 2019.jpg|Another part of the march. File:185A4949 (40500836673).jpg|Lots of protestors. File:185A4998 (40500808523).jpg|Placards. File:2019-03-23 Put it to the People 32.jpg|EU flags and placards. File:Put it to the People - 05 (32514617407).jpg|Children. File:Peoples Vote March 2019-03-23 14.10.23.jpg|More protestors. File:23 March 2019 stop brexit march mime artists against brexit.jpg|Mime artists against Brexit. File:185A4898 (46743771354).jpg|In front of a WW2 monument. File:Put it to the People - 07 (32514610797).jpg|Protestors wearing EU flags. File:185A4991 (33590327268).jpg|Protestor dressed as the Grim Reaper in Whitehall. File:185A4925 (47413984622).jpg|People holding banner saying "UNITED IN DIVERSITY". ==Sources== * https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-46318565 * https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/brexit/brexit-march-2019-hundreds-of-thousands-descend-on-central-london-demanding-a-people-s-vote/ar-BBV89UP?ocid=AMZN * https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47678763 .