Anti-Brexit Protests Break Out in London after Petition for Second EU Referendum

London, 20 Ramadan 1437/26 June 2016 (MINA) – Nigel Farage has slammed protesters and an MP demanding a second EU referendum, saying ‘it’s not the best of three’.

His comments came as thousands flooded the streets of London to demonstrate against Thursday’s Brexit result, and more than 2.5 million people signed a petition asking for another vote.

Labour MP David Lammy said today that politicians should vote to overturn the ‘non-binding’ decision in Parliament for the sake of the economy.

But UK Independent Party leader Farage, who hailed the result as ‘a new dawn’ for Britain on Thursday morning, said another vote was ‘the last think I want to see’, reports The Sunday Mirror.

He previously credited votes in Labour heartlands for the Brexit result, and again today claimed that Lammy’s demands that MPs ‘ignore the referendum result’ would drive more of their voters to Ukip.

Anti-Brexit protests broke out on the streets of London after a petition for a second EU referendum attracted 2.5 million signatures within a day.

The protests came despite a record 33.5million people taking part in the referendum – the highest in any election since 1992 – in which Leave won with 51.9 per cent, a margin of 1,269,501 votes.

Today, Lammy said some ‘leave’ supporters now regret their votes and we should not destroy the economy ‘on the basis of lies and the hubris of Boris Johnson.
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Already, 2.5million people have signed the petition, which the Government must now consider debating in the House of Commons, which it must do for any which gets more than 100,000 names.

But the majority of signatures are from people in London and areas with a high population of students, which predominantly voted Remain, meaning the result may not be any different.

Thousands came from north London, Cambridge and Oxford, while more than 3,000 of David Cameron’s constituents also signed the petition

 

 

Stark Divisions

Demonstrators waved EU flags, held posters saying ‘Yes 2 EU’ and banners claiming the older population ‘stole our future’.

Because it easily passed the 100,000 target, MPs will be forced to consider the proposal in Parliament this summer.

The petition demands the Government re-stage the referendum because the winning vote for Leave was less than 60 per cent and was based on a turnout of less than 75 per cent.

The result revealed stark divisions between young and old, north and south, cities and rural areas, and university-educated people and those with fewer qualifications. (T/R07/R01)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)