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inanna

(3,547 posts)
Sat Sep 9, 2017, 10:12 AM Sep 2017

Thousands rally in central London to protest Brexit plan

Source: AP/Washington Post

By Associated Press September 9 at 9:47 AM

LONDON — Thousands are gathering in central London to protest Britain’s plans to withdraw from the European Union.

The marchers plan to converge on Parliament Square on Saturday to challenge the government’s plan to implement Brexit by 2019.

The goal of what organizers call the People’s March for Europe is to “unite, rethink and reject” Brexit.

Britain voted in June 2016 to withdraw from the 28-nation EU bloc. Parliament is expected to vote Monday on a repeal bill even as negotiations with the EU are moving extremely slowly.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/thousands-rally-in-central-london-to-protest-brexit-plan/2017/09/09/e124ffc8-9562-11e7-8482-8dc9a7af29f9_story.html?utm_term=.691b8802dcfb

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Thousands rally in central London to protest Brexit plan (Original Post) inanna Sep 2017 OP
Maybe the UK has figured out that Brexit was pushed by Eyeball_Kid Sep 2017 #1
You left out Facebook, Google, Twitter and May Not Ruth Sep 2017 #2
Ding! Raster Sep 2017 #3
revote. mopinko Sep 2017 #4
Exactly iluvtennis Sep 2017 #5
Perhaps if they successfully do it again maybe our country will be able to BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #6

Eyeball_Kid

(7,429 posts)
1. Maybe the UK has figured out that Brexit was pushed by
Sat Sep 9, 2017, 10:19 AM
Sep 2017

Russia, Putin, Robert Mercer, Cambridge Analytica, the white nationalists, Bannon, and Trumpy. They poured millions into microtargeting efforts, and it worked before anyone knew what was happening.

Cui bono?

BigmanPigman

(51,564 posts)
6. Perhaps if they successfully do it again maybe our country will be able to
Sun Sep 10, 2017, 01:52 AM
Sep 2017

gather steam for the same action to be taken here.

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