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Brexiteers take to the streets to protest against UK not leaving EU

Brexiteers take to the streets to protest against UK not leaving the EU today as Twitter is swamped with hilarious #BritainHasExploded memes

  • Police have closed Whitehall after pro-Brexit demonstrators marched on No.10 
  • The large crowd waved flags and placards demanding the UK finally leave the EU
  • Away from the protest, Twitter was also going into meltdown with Brexit memes 
  • #BritainHasExploded mocked MP Mark Francois’s pessimistic withdrawal words

Brexiteers took to streets and forced the closure of Whitehall today in protest of the UK not leaving the EU on October 31 – while Twitter became swamped with memes  mocking a Tory MPs blustering remarks that Britain would ‘explode’ in such an event.

The large crowd carrying flags, banners and placards marched northbound from Parliament Square and then doubled back on themselves causing travel chaos.

Photographs taken from the demonstration show hundreds of protesters, some carrying signs stating: ‘We Want Our Country Back’ and ‘Drain The Swamp’, marching up and down Whitehall demanding the UK finally sever ties with the EU.

But away from the frenzy of the demonstration, Twitter users were also in meltdown with the trend #BritainHasExploded pouring scorn on the country’s apparent descent into chaos on missing it’s proposed withdrawal date.

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Brexiteers took to streets and forced the closure of Whitehall today in protest of the UK not leaving the EU on October 31. The crowd carrying flags, banners and placards marched north from Parliament Square and then doubled back on themselves causing travel chaos

Photographs taken from the demonstration show hundreds of protesters, some carrying signs stating: ‘We Want Our Country Back’ and ‘Drain The Swamp’ marching up and down Whitehall demanding the UK finally severs ties with the EU 

The large crowd carrying flags, banners and placards marched northbound from Parliament Square and then doubled back on themselves causing travel chaos

. A further extension has now been granted which will see a general election take place, in a bid to break the Parliamentary deadlock, prompting anger from these demonstrators 

The trend came off the back of a memorable outburst by Tory Brexiteer Mark Francois, who earnestly told BBC viewers the country would ‘explode’ if the UK didn’t leave the EU on 31 October.

One user shared a picture of a street and said: ‘In a scene of PURE, UNBRIDLED RAGE that is playing out in towns and cities all over the country today, rabid protestors have disguised themselves as an unbothered, totally typical high street.’

Another joked: ‘I awoke to discover a fork in the knife section… absolute scenes here!’

Another shared a photograph of Morris Dancers and wrote: ‘Absolute chaos here as booze filled thugs run amok here terrifying local residents in Buckinghamshire.’

Away from the frenzy of the demonstration, Twitter users were also in meltdown with the trend #BritainHasExploded pouring scorn on the country’s apparent descent into chaos on missing it’s proposed withdrawal date

Meanwhile, a Met Police spokesperson said: ‘A section of Whitehall has been temporarily closed while part of a pre-planned demonstration moves through the area. It will re-open shortly.’ 

The protest comes after, Boris Johnson, who previously pledged that he would rather be ‘dead in a ditch’ than extend Brexit beyond October 31, today admitted it was Mr Corbyn’s fault the UK’s withdrawal from the EU had been put back until January 31.

‘Today should have been the day that Brexit was delivered and we finally left the EU,’ he said.

‘But, despite the great new deal I agreed with the EU, Jeremy Corbyn refused to allow that to happen – insisting upon more dither, more delay and more uncertainty for families and business.’

However, Mr Corbyn said: ‘We need to take it out of the hands of the politicians and trust the people to have the final say.

Another joked: ‘I awoke to discover a fork in the knife section… absolute scenes here!’

Pro Leave EU campaigners outside Parliament during a protest in London, Britain, 31 October

Pro-Brexit activists march outside the Houses of Parliament on what would have been the day that the United Kingdom left the European Union, on October 31

‘Labour will get Brexit sorted within six months. We’ll let the people decide whether to leave with a sensible deal or remain. That really isn’t complicated.

‘We will carry out whatever the people decide so that we can get on with delivering the real change Britain needs after years of Conservative cuts to vital services and tax handouts to the richest.’

Even that timetable looks optimistic, as Mr Corbyn is proposing to negotiate a new deal with the EU before then, which Labour might then advise the public to reject in favour of Remaining.

Alongside Mrs Morgan, Theresa May’s former deputy David Lidington, Amber Rudd and minister Mimms Davies have announced they are leaving the Commons, with MPs voicing fears that the One Nation wing of the Tories is evaporating. 

During Thursday’s protest, a man with a St George’s English flag was pinned to the ground by police outside the Downing Street 

Pro-Leave EU campaigners march in London, Britain, 31 October 2019. Hundreds of protesters in favor of leaving the European Union demonstrated against Britain missing the deadline of the October 31 to leave the bloc

During Thursday’s protest, a man with a St George’s English flag was pinned to the ground by police outside the Downing Street. 

A spokeswoman for Johnson’s office said she was unaware of any protest and declined to comment further. There was no immediate information from police.

On the day the United Kingdom had been due to leave the European Union, a few hundred pro-Brexit campaigners sought to approach the gates of Downing Street where police stopped them. A few protesters were detained. 

A Met Police spokesperson said: ‘A section of Whitehall has been temporarily closed while part of a pre-planned demonstration moves through the area. It will re-open shortly.’

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