Popular vote march: thousands of people will demand a second referendum – live | Policy

Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn, who had campaigned to stay, was part of the party's anti-EU Bennite faction before his rapid rise is also absent from today 's march:

Four crowded buses departing at 9am from Birmingham, who voted marginally in favor of the Brexit in 2016, to transport people to March in London.

At 12:30 pm, they arrive at Park Lane and pbadengers, armed with EU flags, T-shirts, banners, badges and whistles, head straight for the crowd as they arrive. head east to Westminster.

Flora, 12, who took the car with her friend Leah, also 12, said, "I went down to join the protest because I do not agree with Brexit. I have family in France and it will be much harder to see her if we leave.

"I'm really sad because one of my best friends from school moved to Germany because she did not like what was going on. right here. "

Meanwhile, Leah said that even though her mother had voted for the exit and her father had stayed, she wanted her future to be in Europe.

The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, will address the crowd later in the day.

He told Sky earlier that calls for a second vote should not be confused with the support of " never came to fruition", saying that one could trust the politicians to make the right decision.

"I can not think of anything more democratic or British than to trust the British people," he said. "Some of the promises made two years ago did not materialize. Nobody spoke of a bad agreement or any agreement. The public should have a say in the results, with the option of staying in the EU

"Jeremy Corbyn and the Labor Party are very clear, all options should remain on the table. But the Prime Minister can not get the approval of his own cabinet, let alone his party.

"Nobody was saying that we would not have access to the single market, nobody was talking about it". damage the NHS and so we should ask the British public, with the possibility of staying in the European Union.

"At present, the NHS is stockpiling drugs, our police are preparing for civil unrest, our Prime Minister can not get agreement from the Cabinet. Let the people have their say, "he added.

Activists are led to Parliament Square by a group of young voters banner of the popular vote.

Emma Stevens and Emily Longman are two of the students leading the march and are among the hundreds of thousands of young people who have been denied a referendum vote, but who must now suffer the consequences.

Longman, 20, said she was four months too young to vote in the referendum. "We are both Spanish students who will study abroad next year, but no one knows what will happen to Erasmus funding," she said.

Stevens, also 20, said, "We do not want others to maintain the same view [of leaving the EU]."

While the anti-Brexit protesters gathered for the People's Vote march, Theresa May visited an art exhibit in her Maidenhead riding. 19659005] Entitled Maidenhead and Me, the exhibition featured works by locals presenting different perspectives of the city.

One of the works was called Bridge Over Troubled Brexit Waters and depicted May carrying a cross on a river of bad Brexit records.

Last month, the Prime Minister visited the tribune

Walking under the sign "Islanders for Europe", Glenn Kobanny said he was made of Isle of Wight this morning to visit part of the event.

This 52-year-old man from the island said, "It's all a lot of nonsense, it was a lot of lies to start.

"I'm sorry that people have fallen into a lie, but we are talking to the leavers as much as we are talking to others and they are also fed up."

Meanwhile, in front of a permission meeting means to Harrogate, Nigel Farage told Sky that he would be happy to have a second referendum rally.

Activists also hope to launch a wave of postal protest for MPs by issuing 100,000 postcards issued. with the words "The Brexit has already become the dinner of a dog – the whole process is going badly. And that will only get worse. "

A spokesperson for The People's Vote said that it was time to tell politicians that they would not be forgiven" if they allow a bad agreement to be pbaded in front of the Parliament "or" blindfolded the president "public on the long-term cost of Brexit".

You can read the full story of the protest of our Lisa Breffit correspondent, Lisa O. Carroll, here: