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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts) Sat Oct 20, 2018, 02:24 PM Oct 2018

Hundreds of thousands take to streets in London demanding second Brexit vote

Hundreds of thousands of supporters of the European Union marched through London on Saturday in the biggest demonstration so far to demand that the British government holds a public vote on the terms of Brexit.

Organisers said about 670,000 people took part in the march, which would make it the largest in Britain since a demonstration against the Iraq war in 2003.

The “People’s Vote” campaign, which includes several pro-EU groups, said they had stewards stationed at regular intervals to estimate the size of the crowd. The police did not provide an independent estimate of numbers participating.

The protesters waved the blue and gold flag of the EU and held up banners under sunny skies to call for another referendum on the eventual deal on how Britain will leave the world’s biggest trading bloc.

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-protests/hundreds-of-thousands-take-to-streets-in-london-demanding-second-brexit-vote-idUSKCN1MU0JJ

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Hundreds of thousands take to streets in London demanding second Brexit vote (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Oct 2018 OP

Aerial footage. That's the way you do it. mobeau69 Oct 2018 #1

Been wondering why there hasn't already been a second referendum on this unblock Oct 2018 #2

Should be like local school millage votes MichMan Oct 2018 #3

good point. 7962 Oct 2018 #6

Wow! deurbano Oct 2018 #4

I have a question airplaneman Oct 2018 #5

Based on there being so many having second thoughts I thought there LiberalFighter Oct 2018 #7

Brits decide that the EU doesn't look so bad after all FakeNoose Oct 2018 #8

they know putin was pulling the strings on that vote too. nt elmac Oct 2018 #9

And how many of them voted for Brexit? PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2018 #10

This is where we continue to falter. Fail to show up to vote, then protest to demand a different... MadDAsHell Oct 2018 #11

mobeau69

(11,156 posts)

1. Aerial footage. That's the way you do it.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Oct 20, 2018, 02:50 PM

Oct 2018

https://metro.co.uk/video/aerial-footage-shows-scale-anti-brexit-march-london-1786598/

unblock

(52,317 posts)

2. Been wondering why there hasn't already been a second referendum on this

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Oct 20, 2018, 03:17 PM

Oct 2018

Don't know the process or the politics, but my sense is that "remain" has always been the majority view but too many remain voters didn't vote because they didn't think "leave" could win.

Plus, many "leave" voters didn't realize the extent of what they were voting for.

In any event, I would have though someone could have catapulted to national fame by calling for an "oh really?" referendum.

MichMan

(11,969 posts)

3. Should be like local school millage votes

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Oct 20, 2018, 03:32 PM

Oct 2018

If they get defeated, you just keep having them again. Eventually, you will prevail

7962

(11,841 posts)

6. good point.

Reply to MichMan (Reply #3)

Sat Oct 20, 2018, 04:14 PM

Oct 2018

deurbano

(2,895 posts)

4. Wow!

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Oct 20, 2018, 03:43 PM

Oct 2018

airplaneman

(1,240 posts)

5. I have a question

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Oct 20, 2018, 04:01 PM

Oct 2018

Can Hundreds of thousands take to streets in Washington demanding second 2016 Presidential vote?

LiberalFighter

(51,081 posts)

7. Based on there being so many having second thoughts I thought there

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Oct 20, 2018, 04:16 PM

Oct 2018

should had been another vote.

FakeNoose

(32,745 posts)

8. Brits decide that the EU doesn't look so bad after all

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Oct 20, 2018, 04:17 PM

Oct 2018

... now that they know where they stand with the USA and Russia. I can't blame them one bit.

elmac

(4,642 posts)

9. they know putin was pulling the strings on that vote too. nt

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Oct 20, 2018, 04:33 PM

Oct 2018

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,895 posts)

10. And how many of them voted for Brexit?

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Sat Oct 20, 2018, 04:37 PM

Oct 2018

MadDAsHell

(2,067 posts)

11. This is where we continue to falter. Fail to show up to vote, then protest to demand a different...

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sun Oct 21, 2018, 01:11 PM

Oct 2018

outcome. I’m so tired of losing elections and then trying to protest our way to the same outcomes.

All I want for Christmas is for people to be as enthusiastic about getting off their asses on Election Day as they are about holding signs.

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