March to Leave
The March to Leave (also known as the Leave Means Leave march[1]) was a 2019 pro-Brexit march organized by Nigel Farage and the Leave Means Leave campaign.[2] The march set off from Sunderland on 16 March 2019,[1] culminating in the Leave Means Leave Rally, a rally in Parliament Square on 29 March, the date Brexit was originally due to occur.[3]
At the start of the march, Nigel Farage was quoted as saying "We are here in the very week when parliament is doing its utmost to betray the Brexit result ... It is beginning to look like it doesn’t want to leave and the message from this march is if you think you can walk all over us we will march straight back to you.”[4]
The march was accompanied throughout by an advertising truck displaying anti-Brexit messages paid for by the anti-Brexit Led By Donkeys campaign.[5][6]
The march set off in Sunderland with roughly 100 marchers[7] It then passed through Middlesbrough, with roughly 150 marchers,[2] Nottinghamshire, with roughly 200 marchers,[8] drawing comparisons between the numbers of marchers on the march and those attending the anti-Brexit People's Vote March in London on the same day.[9]
The March for Leave then proceeded through Leicestershire and Buckinghamshire with its numbers reduced to around 100.[10][11]
Rally[edit]
On 29 March, the march arrived in London, to join the Leave Means Leave rally in Parliament Square.[3] The rally was reported to have attracted "thousands" of supporters.[12][13] The Financial Times quoted their reporter Sebastian Payne as stating that the crowd size was "a couple of thousand".[14] A separate pro-Brexit "Make Brexit Happen" rally, organized by the right-wing UKIP party, was also held nearby.[15]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Brexit 'Leave Means Leave' march sets off". BBC News. 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Halliday, Josh (2019-03-17). "March for Leave protesters descend on Middlesbrough – without Farage". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gayle, Damien (2019-03-16). "Chaotic scenes as Nigel Farage's Brexit march sets off for London". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
- ↑ Heppell, Scott (2019-03-16). "Arch-eurosceptic Farage leads march over Brexit betrayal". Reuters. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
- ↑ Martin, Dan (2019-03-24). "Updates: March to Leave Brexit protest hits Leicestershire". leicestermercury. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
- ↑ Jones, Stephen (2019-03-18). "Farage targeted with 'where's Nigel' signs on anti-Brexit march". The Independent. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
- ↑ AP, Source: (2019-03-16). "Nigel Farage and Leave Means Leave march set off from Sunderland - video". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
- ↑ "Nigel Farage says Brexit delay is 'an outright betrayal' as he rejoins Leave protest march". ITV News. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
- ↑ "Nigel Farage's walk to Brexit vs People's Vote march". Metro. 2019-03-23. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
- ↑ Martin, Dan; Troughton, Adrian; Harrison, Dave (2019-03-27). "Live updates: Brexit protest continues through Leicestershire". leicestermercury. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
- ↑ "Please be aware of the March to Leave happening". @tfbalerts. Transport for Bucks. 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
- ↑ "MPs abused in street as thousands join Nigel Farage and Tommy Robinson rallies". The Independent. 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
- ↑ "Brexit supporters hold Parliament protests". 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
- ↑ Odell, Mark (2019-03-29). "Leave march arrives outside Parliament". Financial Times. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
- ↑ "Brexit supporters hold Parliament protests". 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
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