{"id":3505,"date":"2019-03-25T14:29:01","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T14:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/2019\/03\/25\/put-it-people-brexit-march-biggest-british-history\/"},"modified":"2019-03-25T14:29:01","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T14:29:01","slug":"put-it-people-brexit-march-biggest-british-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/put-it-people-brexit-march-biggest-british-history\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Put it to the people’: Brexit march the biggest in British history"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than one million people marched through the streets of London on Saturday calling for a ‘People’s Vote’ <\/a>on Brexit. <\/p>\n

The protest, one of the largest in British history alongside the Iraq War protests in 2003, saw thousands of students, pensioners, and parents make their way from Park Lane to Parliament Square in a sea of blue and yellow. <\/p>\n

NQ reporter, Bryony Hiscock<\/strong>, who went to the march, said: \u201cDespite frustration at the slow progress of the march, spirits remained high and jokes were being exchanged in the crowd. ‘We might get there (Parliament Square) by next year!’, one marcher commented.” <\/p>\n

“Many took advantage of Green Park, cutting across it in an attempt to beat other people to Parliament Square. <\/p>\n

“The group I was with did the same, then took refuge in a cafe in St James\u2019 Park after deciding that we probably weren\u2019t going to make it to Parliament Square and we had overheard that the speeches were already over. <\/p>\n

“Surprisingly, I did not see a big police presence which meant that the march felt friendlier and there was less tension. <\/p>\n

“It seems that the issue of remaining in the EU has begun to break through party barriers as I saw ‘Conservatives for a people\u2019s vote’ signs, Liberal Democrat placards and Labour Party banners. It was brilliant to see people from different parties standing side by side and working together on a common issue, it is something I would love to see more of.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Callum Lane also went down to London to cover the march and produced a Twitter Moment to document the march. <\/p>\n

Put it to the People: People’s Vote March 23\/03\/19<\/a>