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Anti-Brexit activists march to parliament as MPs vote on deal

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Tens of thousands of pro-EU protesters from across Britain wielding banners, placards and flags converged on parliament on Saturday, as MPs debated the government's Brexit deal. Beneath largely clear blue skies, demonstrators rallied near Hyde Park in central London before marching to Westminster to call for a second referendum on Britain's planned EU departure. Walking behind a pink banner proclaiming "together for the final say", they chanted: "What do we want? People's vote! When do we want it? Now." Jerome Caruana Cilia, a Maltese resident who joined the march while on holiday in London, said the mood was one of satisfaction after MPs voted to delay any decision on Johnson's Brexit deal.  "People are here from all over the UK; people of literally all ages, races and beliefs calling for another referendum," he said.  "There were a few moments of tension with Brexit supporters, but there was tight security and police were quick to intervene." Douglas Hill, 35, from Oxford, attending the march with his Estonian wife and their baby daughter, said: "The first referendum was jumping on a train without a destination. Now that we have a destination, we need to have a second...

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