1,500 Join London March Calling for UK to Rejoin EU
Police estimated 1,500 marchers carried EU flags and banners as protesters said Brexit has hurt trade, jobs and freedom of movement.
- On Saturday, around 1,500 people joined the National Rejoin March in London, walking from Temple station to Parliament Square to demand the United Kingdom rejoin the European Union.
- The demonstration marked the 10th anniversary of the 2016 Brexit referendum, originally called by then-Prime Minister David Cameron, with participants branding the exit a 'travesty.'
- Former Labour leader Lord Kinnock addressed the crowd at Parliament Square, calling Brexit an 'unmitigated, unprecedented, continuing disaster' and criticizing the nation's loss of political influence.
- Professor Arttu Rajantie stated Brexit is 'really hurting our recruitment and building links with new partners in Europe,' while organiser Clare Hall noted 'life has got harder' due to increased costs.
- Banners declaring 'We Want Our Star Back' and 'Citizen of Europe' emphasized demonstrators' ongoing commitment to re-establish ties and secure the country's return to the EU.
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Ten years after the vote in 2016, a majority of British people would like to see their country return to the European Union. But the political class is not yet ready to take this step. Saturday, the "joiners" marched in the centre of LondonA woman in a blue wedding dress wearing a bouquet of blue and yellow flowers takes a break for the photographers, in front of a sign on which we can read "Ten years of pain, where are the winnings?". Her futur…
Rejoin marchers are fuelled by a fantasy vision of Europe
Central London For some four, heat-exhausted hours on Saturday, one thousand people stood in Parliament Square and dreamed of Europe. It had been 10 long years since the Brexit vote, since they woke one morning to find they were no longer Europeans, but now the prospect of rejoining felt inevitable. A statistic that had appeared [...]Read More...
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Brexit branded ‘unprecedented continuing disaster’ as marchers call to rejoin EU
The UK voted to leave the European Union in a referendum in June 2016.
Under the slogan "We want our star back", some 1,500 people demonstrated this Saturday in central London to demand the UK's return to the European Union (EU). The civil mobilization, called the National March for Reintegration (NRM), coincides with the dates on which the tenth anniversary of the referendum of 23 June 2016 is commemorated, the day the British voted in favour of leaving the European bloc. Protesters, dressed in the blue and yellow…
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