Thousands march in anti-Brexit protest, London

March 28, 2019 Estimates by event organizers indicate roughly one million people marched in London on Saturday during an anti-Brexit ("British exit") march, protesting the pending exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union (EU).

Protesters, carrying placards asking the government to revoke &mdash; the EU treaty clause invoked by Brexit &mdash; and European Union flags, marched from  to Parliament. The mayor of London,, , "Here in London, thousands of people from across our city and country have come together with @peoplesvote-uk to send a clear message: Enough is enough - it's time to give the British public the final say on Brexit."

There were several speakers at the rally, including First Minister of,  MP  , and Sadiq Khan. Tom Watson called Prime Minister Theresa May's proposed Brexit deal "lousy" and said he would only vote for it if the British people could also vote for or against it. Nicola Sturgeon said it was "the moment of maximum opportunity" for stopping a no-deal Brexit.

Some of the protesters Wikinews interviewed said they had gone to "defend [their] children's right to live and work in Europe" and "secure [their own] right to work in the EU". One interviewee said people changed their minds and several said they wanted the politicians to stop ignoring them.

Not everyone agreed there should be another referendum. One MP told the, "We know that 16 million people wanted to stay in the EU, and some of those would still like to stay in the EU, and within that quite a few would like to have another go and have another referendum &mdash; but it was always a minority".

In 2016, the United Kingdom held a referendum on whether to remain part of the European union, which it joined in 1973. About 52% of participating voters voted to leave and 48% to stay.