Calls grow for a possible second referendum on whether Britain should leave the European Union.
By Karla Adam Karla Adam London correspondent covering the United Kingdom Email Bio Follow March 23 at 9:25 AM LONDON — The struggle over Brexit spilled onto the streets of London on Saturday in a major protest to demand that the question be put back to the people with a fresh vote that would include the option of staying in the European Union.
The mass mobilization comes after a week of turmoil and confusion, where seemingly everything and nothing changed. Critics argue that a second referendum would be deeply damaging to democracy and a betrayal of those who chose to leave in Britain’s largest vote ever. For most of the past year, polls have shown a slight majority would now opt to remain in the bloc. Pollsters say that the small but persistent swing is partly down to changing demographics. Younger people are overwhelmingly pro-E.U., and those teens who couldn’t vote in 2016 are now of voting age. The majority of voters aged 65 plus voted to leave the bloc, and some of them have since died.
The British prime minister has made it clear she is opposed to a second referendum. If she doesn’t pass her withdrawal deal on its third outing, however, then Parliament could start to seize control of the Brexit process. One option is to hold a series of ‘indicative votes’ that would help to sift out what Parliament does want.
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