Brexit supporters get up at 6am to replace EU flags outside Parliament
BREXIT-backing Brits got up at the crack of dawn today to make sure their flags were up in Parliament square before the Remainers arrived.
David Ireland, 41, and three of his mates got to Westminster’s Parliament Square hours before the others at around 6am today.
They swiftly moved 34 Union flags into the background of the TV cameras parked outside the Palace of Westminster.
The Remain campaigners only rocked up at 7.30am, by which time their work had already been done.
Mr Ireland said today: “People turn on the TV and see this entire wall covered in EU flags; some people want to be in the EU but there’s also some people who don’t want to be in the EU, so we’ve come along and done our flags.
“What the Remain voters do is shun all the Leave campaigners into the irrelevant middle ground and dominate the TV space.
“The narrative was this is the EU zone, we own this, but it seemed a little bit one-sided.”
But asked whether he’d be able to do the same thing on other days – including tomorrow, the day we were supposed to leave the EU – he said: “I’ve got a job, I can’t do this all the time like they do.”
The area outside Westminster has long been a battleground for Leavers and Remainers.
Hundreds of activists descend on the area every day waving flags, brandishing placards and posters, and mobbing MPs to lobby them over Brexit.
The PM confirmed she would try for a last bid to get her Brexit deal through the Commons tomorrow.
Mrs May’s daring gamble of promising to quit if her deal passes flopped after the DUP said they won’t back it – but she is still locked in talks with the party to try and win them over.
Today Andrea Leadsom confirmed there would be another debate on Brexit tomorrow, but hasn’t said whether it will be a third meaningful vote.
The EU has said we HAVE to get the deal passed by tomorrow or we face leaving without a deal on April 12.
But any motion would need to dodge an attempted ban by Commons Speaker John Bercow, who says the deal can’t return to Parliament unchanged after being defeated twice.
As Westminster faced unprecedented chaos:
- No10 desperately tried to gather enough support to push the deal through
- Dominic Raab positioned himself as the “hard Brexit” candidate for leader
- Remainers vowed to hold another round of “indicative votes” which could force a softer Brexit
- Tory MPs floated the idea of teaming up with Labour to form a national unity Government
Mrs May told Tory MPs last night she would leave as soon as Brexit is delivered – which won her support from Boris Johnson and other big Tory beasts.
However, many still remain stubbornly opposed.
In another sign of ongoing chaos, last night MPs voted on what they thought the next steps for Brexit should be.
Farcically, not one single option won a majority among politicians – and all of them lost.
More votes are set to be held on Monday to try and find a solution that MPs can rally around.
The most popular option was for a second referendum on Brexit – but it didn’t specify what deals should be on the ballot.
A plan for a customs union with the bloc came in second, but it would tear apart the Tories if Mrs May were to go back on her manifesto commitment and public promises to go for one.
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