LONDON: Hundreds of thousands of people opposed to Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union marched through central London on Saturday to demand a new referendum as the deepening Brexit crisis risked sinking Prime Minister 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 was more than one million people strong and the biggest anti-Brexit protest yet.
March organisers estimated that more than one million people turned out for the march, exceeding a similar rally held in October when supporters said about 700,000 people turned up.
The one million estimates would make it London’s second-biggest demonstration after a rally against the Iraq War in February 2003, which organisers said close to 2 million people attended.
