London has been bought to a standstill, as hundreds of thousands of people have descended on London protesting for a ‘Peoples Vote on Brexit.’
The front of the #PutItToThePeopleMarch has just reached Whitehall – but hundreds of thousands of people haven't even set off from Park Lane yet…#PeoplesVote pic.twitter.com/EUHBBM2D4d
— People's Vote UK (@peoplesvote_uk) March 23, 2019
The anti-Brexit march on Saturday is to demand a second public vote on Brexit, people are saying Parliament does not have a deal in place, a week before we are due to leave the EU.
⚠ CENTRAL LONDON MARCH ⚠ The front of the march is now on Whitehall. All of the closures remain in place. Delays include Bayswater Road eastbound, West Carriage Drive in both directions, Kensington Road eastbound, Sloane Street northbound, and Grosvenor Place northbound. pic.twitter.com/O3fMb67T4f
— TfL Traffic News (@TfLTrafficNews) March 23, 2019
The march started at 1pm from Marble Arch, then campaigners will march down Park Lane, past Downing Street and end at Parliament Square.
Young people from across the UK are leading the way at the #PutItToThePeople march, alongside politicians from across the political spectrum.
This is the way forward. pic.twitter.com/KirOa5IQbd
— Our Future, Our Choice (@OFOCBrexit) March 23, 2019
Rallying speeches are taking place on Parliament Square by MPs these include Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, Labour’s deputy leader, Tom Watson, the former attorney general, Dominic Grieve and former Tory now Independent party MP, Anna Soubry, Caroline Lucas, Liberal Democrat leader, Sir Vince Cable and Plaid Cymru.
The drone photo Met Police didn't want me to take #PeoplesVoteMarch #PutitothePeople #PeoplesMarch #RevokeArticle50march pic.twitter.com/MSWsHwHFQa
— Bob (@bob_london) March 23, 2019
Meanwhile the online petition to ‘Revoke Article 50’ has now reached more than 4.3m signatures, making this the most popular petition to have ever been submitted to Parliaments website.
