Protesters were angry at the lack of political leadership following the referendum result, with Prime Minister David Cameron declaring he will resign, leaving his Conservative party torn apart by infighting over who will be the next leader.
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Queen Elizabeth urged calm in an “increasingly challenging world”, in what some commentators suggested could refer to the situation after the Brexit vote.
Some of those joining the march were people who did vote to leave but then changed their minds in the aftermath, when the pound plunged and global markets took a nosedive.
‘If you step out of the front of the queue, by definition you are no longer at the front and some notion that you can jump further ahead; you just want to say that is not the trend for the types of big deals we are doing these days, ‘ he said.
Thiam, the former head of British insurer Prudential, said he had lived nearly 15 years in Britain and had been shocked to be told on a visit to a school in Tower Hamlets, a London borough near the city’s financial district, that about half of children there only ate once a day. “The arrangements for the future on a whole range of issues will be for that negotiation”.
“In the meantime, I would like to stress that European Union nationals continue to be welcome here”.
EASYJET is making plans to relocate from the United Kingdom to another European Union country in order to keep flying to EU destinations after Brexit. “People are not bargaining chips”, she said.
“I think the Leave campaign misled people; we are (making) a wrong decision because of the lies”, protester Casey, 37, told the Agence France-Presse at the start of the march.
“The position at the moment is as it has been, there’s no change at the moment, but of course we have to factor that into negotiations”.
Acting on behalf of an anonymous group of clients, lawyers have been in correspondence with government counterparts to seek assurance over the process and plan to pursue it through the courts if they are not satisfied.
London-Thousands marched in the streets of London yesterday, predominantly from young adults, against the results of the June 23 referendum to exit the European Union.
“The outcome of the Referendum itself is not legally binding and for the current or future prime minister to invoke Article 50 without the approval of Parliament is unlawful”.
“The discussions we have with the European Union to agree the arrangements of the UK’s exit will undoubtedly reflect the huge contribution made by European Union citizens to our economy, to our NHS, to our schools and in so many other ways”. Article 50 simply can not be invoked without a full debate and vote in Parliament.
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“Well, if it takes a second referendum, then so be it”.
