{"id":366528,"date":"2018-06-24T00:21:48","date_gmt":"2018-06-23T23:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/thousands-hit-streets-of-london-to-protest-and-support-brexit-demand-new-referendum-photos-video-rt-uk-news\/"},"modified":"2018-06-24T00:21:48","modified_gmt":"2018-06-23T23:21:48","slug":"thousands-hit-streets-of-london-to-protest-and-support-brexit-demand-new-referendum-photos-video-rt-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/thousands-hit-streets-of-london-to-protest-and-support-brexit-demand-new-referendum-photos-video-rt-uk-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands hit streets of London to protest and support Brexit, demand new referendum (PHOTOS, VIDEO) \u2014 RT UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2018.06\/thumbnail\/5b2eb46cfc7e9347768b45ea.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        An estimated 100,000 Brexit opponents marched in the streets of London calling for Britain&#8217;s break-up with the EU to be stopped or for a second referendum to be conducted. Thousands of Brexit supporters rallied in the capital too.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Drone footage posted by RT&#8217;s Ruptly agency shows droves of Brexit opponents marching towards parliament on the second anniversary of the country&#8217;s decision to leave EU.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2Ncgr1e3jN8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Some carried EU flags, while others held placards that read &#8220;Brexit stole my future&#8221; and &#8220;We demand a vote on the final Brexit deal.&#8221; They claim the decision to leave the bloc is not a done deal yet, and people must make their voices heard.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a counter-protest also took place in London on Saturday, with pro-Brexit demonstrators pushing for the government to continue with its plan to leave the EU &#8211; a move which is slated for March 2019.<\/p>\n<p>RT spoke to the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), Gerard Batten, who said the mainstream media conveniently ignored the pro-Brexit rally.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I&#8217;ve just come from a pro-Brexit march and a rally which was held outside the BBC and Sky and ITV&#8217;s studios&#8230;but funnily enough, nobody came out to interview us or filmed it, as far as I know. They&#8217;re not giving much publicity to the other side of the argument &#8211; the argument that says we had the referendum, we reached a decision, and now we should have left and we certainly should be leaving as soon as possible,&#8221;<\/em> Batton said.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i7cimDdRrw4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He went on to address discussions surrounding a so-called<em> &#8220;hard Brexit&#8221;<\/em> and <em>&#8220;soft Brexit,&#8221;<\/em> saying there is no such thing.<em> &#8220;There is [only] leaving the European Union. And if you want to know what that looks like, all you&#8217;ve got to do is look at every other country in the world that isn&#8217;t a member of the European Union. It&#8217;s not complicated. They&#8217;re [UK government] trying to make it as complicated as possible.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devonlive.com\/news\/devon-news\/half-want-second-brexit-referendum-1702934\">poll<\/a>\u00a0carried out by Survation for ITV&#8217;s &#8216;Good Morning Britain&#8217; found that almost half of British people want a second referendum on Brexit. It suggests that a vote held today would reverse the outcome of the 2016 vote, which saw a slim majority of the country (52 percent) voicing their desire to leave the EU. (LINK )<\/p>\n<p>Britain&#8217;s government is also divided on whether or not to hold a new Brexit referendum, with the Conservatives and the main opposition Labour Party opposing it. The centrist Liberal Democrats, however, support a new vote.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Like this story? Share it with a friend!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/430688-anti-brexit-protest-london\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An estimated 100,000 Brexit opponents marched in the streets of London calling for Britain&#8217;s break-up with the EU to be stopped or for a second referendum to be conducted. Thousands of Brexit supporters rallied in the capital too. 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