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Huge anti-Brexit demo in London

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LONDON: Thousands of people marched through London on Saturday to protest against Britain leaving the European Union, just four days before Prime Minister Theresa May launches the start of the formal divorce process from the bloc it joined 44 years ago. The Unite for Europe march was due to end with a rally in Parliament Square, scene of this week’s attack by British-born Islam convert Khalid Masood in which four people died. Marchers observed a minute’s silence in memory of the victims at the start of the demonstration.


In bright sunshine, they waved EU flags and banners with slogans like “So what’s the Plan” and “Stop Brexit” as they made their way to parliament. One banner from a marcher in Hastings on the south coast — scene of England’s epoch-defining defeat to William, Duke of Normandy — read: “Hastings, in Europe since 1066.” Another simply said “Happy Birthday EU” in a reference to this weekend’s 60th anniversary of the bloc’s founding, currently being commemorated in Rome. — Reuters


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