Mass UK Protest to Demand 2nd EU Referendum Set Prior to Brexit

Campaigners for a second Brexit referendum are planning another mass protest in London ahead of the divorce date with the European Union in October, as leading candidates to be prime minister say they will likely leave without a trade deal.

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The People’s Vote campaign, which includes several pro-EU groups, plans a series of rallies around Britain over the next few months called “Let us be heard.” 

This comes as Britain could be heading towards a constitutional crisis over Brexit as many of the candidates competing to succeed Theresa May are prepared to leave the EU on Oct. 31 without a deal. Parliament has indicated it will try to thwart such a scenario, concerned about the potential economic disruption.

Lawmakers have repeatedly rejected the idea of holding a second referendum even as many Britons have become increasingly frustrated with parliament’s failure to agree how or whether Brexit should happen. But campaigners say another vote could be the only way out of the current impasse.

“Whether you want to leave the EU or to stay in, the only way to unlock the Brexit process in parliament, the only way to secure a stable majority in Parliament, the only way to legitimize the outcome so we can build a lasting settlement in the country is to give the people the final say,” said Michael Heseltine, a former deputy prime minister.

Some opinion polls have shown a slight shift in favor of remaining in the bloc, but there has yet to be a decisive change in attitudes and many in Britain say they have become increasingly bored by Brexit.

In March, the People’s Vote campaign claimed a million people marched on the streets of London, which would make it the biggest rally in Britain since the Iraq War in 2003. Last October, the group claimed hundreds of thousands of people marched through the city demanding a new referendum.