Protesters, many from other parts of England, walked the length of Park Lane that separates it from Parliament Square, painting the area in blue and yellow, the colors of the EU flag.
“Brexit” [saída do Reino Unido da UE] “Never work in the EU” or “We vote to stay”, read some of the protest posters.
“We feel very strongly the dire situation we are in now. Its origins can be traced directly to the polls [do ‘Brexit’] 2016, it was said to be an advisory vote [e não vinculativo]Nikki Ajipade, a 60-year-old teacher from Warwickshire, argued.
“It’s not a big majority: 52% [a favor da saída do Reino Unido da UE] and 48% [contra] It is not a decision to make such a sudden change and allow it to go across the country. Look where we are six years later,” he added.
Protesters conjured up images of the most prominent protagonists of ‘Brexit’, such as former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, whose government ended negotiations to leave the bloc it has been a member of since 1973, former Home Secretary Priti Patel in 2019 and 2022, and conservative and Eurosceptic Nigel Farage, the UK Liberal Party. The former leader of the party (UKIP) was displayed on a digital screen near Parliament.
The demonstration followed the resignation on Thursday of then-British prime minister Liz Truss, a conservative who has been in office for just six weeks, marked by economic turmoil and political chaos, with her successor expected to be announced next week. Tories (Conservatives).
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