Campaigners out in force on crunch day for Brexit
From Rob Picheta and Jonathan Hawkins in London
For more than two years -- come rain, hail or shine -- Leave
and Remain campaigners have gathered outside the Houses of Parliament.
With just hours until MPs vote on May's deal, the protesters
were out in force again at Westminster on Tuesday morning.
You can read more about the the history of the Brexit
campaigners here.
Remain campaigner "Stop Brexit Steve" is a regular
face outside Parliament.
A giant model of Theresa May sails past with a liferaft for
a "People's vote."
Victor Zanchi, 32, traveled to London from York to protest
today. He’s wearing a plague doctor mask and carrying a sign reading "Stop
Brexit."
“Brexit is going to take us back to the Middle Ages,” he
told CNN, explaining the mask.
“The agreement doesn’t do anything for either side. We can’t
go any further towards healing the rifts between both sides if the vote is
successful.”
Meanwhile, UKIP member Marietta King came from the Midlands
to protest and said she also wants the bill to be voted down.
“It’s a bad bill, it’s not been properly thought out. It’s
terrifying," said King. "If we have that bill, we’d be worse off in
the EU than we are now. The referendum gave an instruction for us to leave --
it didn’t give an instruction to make a deal.”
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