Brexit protesters call for wooferendum
hundreds of dog owners, hit the road with their pets in London on Sunday, October 7 to demand a People’s Vote on Brexit.
The two- and four-legged marchers displayed European Union flags and banners calling for a “wooferendum” during the walk to Parliament Square. Organizers said they were “howling on behalf of the millions of people in the UK who believe Brexit is a huge mistake”.
Campaigners delivered a petition calling for a second referendum to 10 Downing Street.
An organizer joined by his Cavalier King Charles spaniel puppy, Skye, said: “It’s a very British sort of thing – people love their animals and there are serious animal welfare concerns with Brexit.
The mass dog walk comes two weeks before the main People’s Vote march, on October 20 expected to attract scores of thousands of participants.
“Protesters held signs reading ‘Time to Get Pawlitical’ and ‘Brexit is Barking’,” reports The Guardian. “Several dogs were caught in the act of urinating on photographs of Nigel Farage [ rightwing former leader of the Brexit campaign, which had been taped to bollards along the route.”
The Scottish National Party (SNP) has said it will back a second Brexit referendum if it is put to a vote in Parliament.
However, Prime Minister Theresa May has previously said that a second vote would be a “gross betrayal of our democracy” and wants to focus instead on negotiating a good deal with EU leaders, reports The Week.
