{"id":4612,"date":"2016-06-29T08:37:46","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T00:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/29\/thousands-protest-brexit-in-central-london\/"},"modified":"2016-06-29T08:37:46","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T00:37:46","slug":"thousands-protest-brexit-in-central-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/29\/thousands-protest-brexit-in-central-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands protest Brexit in central London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fcard%2fimage%2f130401%2fap_415382374526\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/1whlJvnmIWIDnV8RzzAePUNU_N4=\/575x323\/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F130401%2FAP_415382374526.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Thousands+protest+Brexit+in+central+London&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F06%2F28%2Fbrexit-protest-london%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F06%2F28%2Fbrexit-protest-london%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">While 52 percent of the UK voted to leave the EU earlier this month, those who would rather see the country remain aren&#8217;t staying silent.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/06\/24\/fox-news-brexit-united-nations\/\">Oops: According to Fox News, the UK is Brexiting the United Nations<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Over 4 million people have signed <a href=\"https:\/\/petition.parliament.uk\/petitions\/131215\/\">a petition<\/a> calling for a second referendum (which was ironically <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/06\/26\/brexit-petition-irony\/\">started by a Leave campaigner<\/a> anticipating the opposite result).<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday night, meanwhile, thousands\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">flocked to Trafalgar Square for a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1671704409745795\/\" style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Stand Together event<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\"> &#8211; even though it was cancelled due to safety concerns. Some 1,500 attended, according to local <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/news\/london\/trafalgar-square-proeu-event-attracts-huge-crowds-and-lib-dem-leader-despite-being-cancelled-a3283281.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter\" style=\"line-height: 1.5\">reports<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a look at how the event panned out in a city that voted overwhelmingly to Remain. <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/06\/28\/brexit-protest-london\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/eu\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Eu<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/uk\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Uk<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/eu-referendum\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Eu Referendum<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/brexit\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Brexit<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/world\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">World<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/fdWuM49ovkQ\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While 52 percent of the UK voted to leave the EU earlier this month, those who would rather see the country remain aren&#8217;t staying silent. 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