BREXIT BETRAYAL
Nigel Farage says Brexit delay is ‘an outright betrayal’ as he joins Leave protest march
NIGEL Farage has branded Theresa May’s Brexit delay as “an outright betrayal” as he joins the Brexit March to Leave protest.
The former Ukip leader said the prime minister’s policy to leave the EU after the March 29 deadline was “one of the saddest chapters in the history of our nation”.
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Farage addressed Brexit supporters today at the latest stage of the March to Leave protest, which started last week in Sunderland and is aiming get to London by what was supposed to be the Brexit deadline next Friday.
He told about 200 Leave voters near Nottingham: “What has happened this week is not only a national humiliation but it is an outright betrayal because Mrs May now tells us we’re not leaving next Friday despite telling us over hundred times that we would be, despite putting a piece of law in place supported by 500 MPs.
“So there is something going on here that I believe to be one of the saddest chapters in the history of our nation and we will not take this lying down.”
Farage was greeted by cheers as he arrived this morning at the car park of the Horse and Groom pub in Linby.
The MEP riled the crowd from a double-decker open-top bus before leading them off to their next stop in Breeston.
He said: “What a week it’s been. I was hoping to spend more time with you on the march this week but I’ve been in Brussels watching a British Prime Minister reducing our nation in the eyes of the world to the state of humiliation.
'WE WILL FIGHT'
“Worse than that, the gap that’s now opened up between the people and the politicians is such that, despite everything we were told in the referendum, everything we were told in general election manifestos, every promise that was made when 498 MPs voted for article 50 which said we leave on March 29 with or without a deal, the Prime Minister signalled that we will not be leaving this Friday.
“And that means this March to Leave could not be better timed.”
Farage said he is ready to fight the “historic battle” to be released from the grips of Brussels.
He added: “Our message is very clear. If they think they can walk all over us, we’re going to march back and tell them, no you can’t, we will not give in, we will not roll over, we will fight and we know that we will get Brexit whether it’s this Friday or at a later date.
“Whatever battles we face and have to fight, be confident because we are united. They are in the minority, we are in the majority.
“We are going to win this great historic battle and we will become again a self governing, independent, normal country not run by (Jean-Claude) Junker and the gang in Brussels.”
'BREXIT BETRAYAL'
When asked about the March to Leave supporters being out numbered by the Peoples Vote March in London he pointed to the crowd in the car park and said: “There are 17.4million here, can’t you see them?”
Remainers set off in the capital today with banners proclaiming “the best deal is no Brexit” and “we demand a People’s Vote” as they marched through central London.
The march will see protesters go from Park Lane to Parliament Square, where a rally will be held.
As many as a million people could take part after estimates for a similar rally in October were as high as 700,000.
It comes as EU chiefs said they would agree to extend Brexit to May 22 if MPs back her deal in the Commons.
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If MPs do not pass the deal for the third time then the UK will be forced to look for an alternative way to leave by April 12.
An online petition demanding the Government revoke Article 50 had reach more than four million signatures this morning.
May had said that requesting to delay Brexit was “a matter of great personal regret for me”.
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